Usually means: To attack with words, criticize.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word clapperclaw:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. clapperclaw: Merriam-Webster
  2. clapperclaw: Collins English Dictionary
  3. clapperclaw: Vocabulary.com
  4. clapperclaw: Wordnik
  5. clapperclaw: Wiktionary
  6. clapperclaw: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Clapperclaw, clapperclaw: Dictionary.com
  8. Clapperclaw: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. clapperclaw: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. clapperclaw: Rhymezone
  11. Clapperclaw: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. Clapperclaw: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  13. clapperclaw: FreeDictionary.org
  14. clapperclaw: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. clapperclaw: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clapperclaw: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. clapperclaw: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. clapperclaw: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (clapperclaw)

▸ verb:  (obsolete) To fight and scratch.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To abuse with words; to revile; to scold.

Similar:
shout, blackguard, abuse, capperclaw, claut, clapper, scrattle, clacket, clap, clack, more...

Opposite:
embrace, hug, caress, cherish

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Similar:
shout, blackguard, abuse, capperclaw, claut, clapper, scrattle, clacket, clap, clack, more...

Opposite:
embrace, hug, caress, cherish



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