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clappers

The correct spelling is clappers.

How to pronounce clappers

noun

Say it like: Cla-ppe-rs

The correct spelling is clappers. One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
  2. 2.An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
  3. 3.A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
  4. 4.A clapstick (musical instrument).
  5. 5.A pounding block.

verb

  1. 1.To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
  2. 2.To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.
  3. 3.Of birds, to repeatedly strike the mandibles together.

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