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  1. clappering: Wordnik
  2. clappering: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Clapper)

noun:  One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
noun:  An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
noun:  A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
noun:  A clapstick (musical instrument).
noun:  (sewing) A pounding block.
noun:  The chattering damsel of a mill.
noun:  (ice hockey) A slapshot
noun:  (cinematography) The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
noun:  (slang) A person's tongue.
verb:  (transitive) To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
verb:  To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.
verb:  Of birds, to repeatedly strike the mandibles together.
noun:  (obsolete) A rabbit burrow.
noun:  A surname.
▸ Also see clapper


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