clapper

clap·per  (klpr)

n.

1. One who applauds.

2. The tongue of a bell.

3. Slang The tongue of a garrulous person.

4. clappers Two flat pieces of wood held between the fingers and struck together rhythmically.

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clapper

Noun

1. a small piece of metal hanging inside a bell, which causes it to sound when struck against the side

2. like the clappers Brit informal extremely quickly: he left, pedalling like the clappers

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	clapper - someone who applauds                 applauder extoller, laudator, lauder - someone who communicates high praise
	2.	clapper - a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity glossa, lingua, tongue organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function articulator - a movable speech organ mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud - an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue pharynx, throat - the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
	3.	clapper - metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side tongue bell - a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck striker - the part of a mechanical device that strikes something