clapper

clap·per

 (klăp′ər)

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

(ˈklæpə)

n

1. a person or thing that claps

2. (Tools) a contrivance for producing a sound of clapping, as for scaring birds

3. Also called: tongue a small piece of metal suspended within a bell that causes it to sound when made to strike against its side

4. (Anatomy) a slang word for tongue¹

5. go like the clappers run like the clappers move like the clappers informal Brit to move extremely fast

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clap•per

(ˈklæp ər)

n.

1. a person who applauds.

2. the tongue of a bell.

[1250–1300]

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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

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Translations

řehtačkasrdcesrdce zvonu

Klöppel

badajo

claquoir

ענבל

harangnyelvkereplőszélkelep

battagliobattentebattolabatacchiobatocchio

язык

clapper

[ˈklæpəʳ] N [of bell] → badajo m (Cine) → claqueta f
to run like the clappers (Brit) → correr como loco

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clapper

n (of bell) → (Glocken)klöppel m; to go/drive/work like the clappers (Brit inf) → ein Mordstempo draufhaben (inf)

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