Clapper

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
3. A rabbit burrow.
   obsolete
4. An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
5. A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
6. A clapstick (musical instrument).
7. A pounding block.
8. The chattering damsel of a mill.
9. A slapshot
10. The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
11. A person's tongue.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“"Sir, sir! folks' tongues go like⟳ the clappers in the fields to drive⟳ away the blackbirds. A very little wind makes 'em rattle wonderfully."”

“Emilia 'tis true could use⟳ her clapper with great Dexterity, but he had the same advantages against her, which this had against him; Olimpia 's Tongue was also well hung but she ever had reason⟳ on her side, which he with reason⟳ could never either blame⟳ or oppose⟳, and by both these came his Fortune: […]”

“Poore cunnie so bagged, Is soone overlagged Plash burrow, set⟳ clapper, For dog is a snapper”

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