name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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noun
One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
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noun
An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
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noun
A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
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noun
A clapstick (musical instrument).
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noun
A pounding block.
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Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles
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noun
The chattering damsel of a mill.
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noun
A slapshot
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Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
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noun
The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
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Topics: broadcasting, cinematography, film, media, television
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noun
A person's tongue.
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Usage: slang
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noun
A rabbit burrow.
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.
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verb
Of birds, to make such a noise by repeatedly striking the mandibles together.
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noun
metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
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Synonyms: tongue
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Broader terms: striker
noun
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
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Synonyms: tongue, lingua, glossa
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Broader terms: organ, articulator
noun
someone who applauds
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Synonyms: applauder
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Broader terms: laudator, lauder, extoller
History
Etymology tree English clap Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English clapper From clap + -er.
Borrowed from French clapier.
Across languages
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.