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Rareclapper
The correct spelling is clapper.
How to pronounce clapper
noun
IPA: /ˈklæpɚ/
Say it like: Cla-ppe-r
The correct spelling is clapper. One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
- 2.An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
- 3.A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
- 4.A clapstick (musical instrument).
- 5.A pounding block.
verb
- 1.To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
- 2.To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.
- 3.Of birds, to repeatedly strike the mandibles together.
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