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Clapper

Clapper Meaning & Definition
Clapper Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Clapper?

[n] metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
[n] a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
[n] someone who applauds

Synonyms | Synonyms for Clapper: applauder | glossa | lingua | tongue | tongue

Related Terms | Find terms related to Clapper: bell | boiler factory | boiler room | bull-roarer | catcall | cherry bomb | chimes | church bell | clack | clacker | cowbell | cracker | cricket | dinner bell | dinner gong | doorbell | fire bell | firecracker | gong | gong bell | hand bell | horn | jingle bell | Klaxon | noisemaker | passing bell | rattle | rattlebox | sacring bell | sheepbell | siren | sleigh bell | snapper | steam whistle | telephone bell | ticktack | tintinnabulum | tongue | triangle | whistle | whizgig | whizzer

See Also | articulator | bell | extoller | gustatory organ | laudator | lauder | mouth | oral cavity | oral fissure | organ | pharynx | rima oris | striker | taste bud | tastebud | throat

Clapper In Webster's Dictionary

\Clap"per\, n. 1. A person who claps. 2. That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of {Bell}. {Clapper rail} (Zo["o]l.), an Americam species of rail ({Rallus scepitans}).
\Clap"per\, n. [F. clapier.] A rabbit burrow. [Obs.]

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