clapper

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈklæpɚ/ Rhymes: -æpə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From clap + -er. ==== Noun ==== clapper (plural clappers) One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands. An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue. A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper. A clapstick (musical instrument). (sewing) A pounding block. The chattering damsel of a mill. (ice hockey) A slapshot (cinematography) The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself. (slang) A person's tongue. ===== Synonyms ===== (musical instrument): clapstick, musicstick ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== clapper (third-person singular simple present clappers, present participle clappering, simple past and past participle clappered) (transitive) To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper. To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter. Of birds, to make such a noise by repeatedly striking the mandibles together. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French clapier. ==== Noun ==== clapper (plural clappers) (obsolete) A rabbit burrow. === References === “clapper”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === See also === clapper bridge (has a distinct etymology) == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kla.pe/ === Verb === clapper to click (the tongue) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== clappement === Further reading === “clapper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012