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Webster 1913 Edition
Clapper
Clap′per
,Noun.
1.
A person who claps.
2.
That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of
Bell
. Clapper rail
(Zool.)
, an Americam species of rail (
Rallus scepitans
).Clap′per
,Noun.
[F.
clapier
.] A rabbit burrow.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Clapper
CLAPPER
,Noun.
1.
A person who claps, or applauds by clapping.2.
That which strikes, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill-hopper.Definition 2024
clapper
clapper
English
Noun
clapper (plural clappers)
- One who claps.
- An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring.
- A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
- 1896, Sabine Baring-Gould, Arminell, a social romance, Ch. 37:
- "Sir, sir! folks' tongues go like the clappers in the fields to drive away the blackbirds. A very little wind makes 'em rattle wonderfully."
- 1896, Sabine Baring-Gould, Arminell, a social romance, Ch. 37:
- A clapstick (musical instrument).
- (sewing) A pounding block.
Synonyms
- (musical instrument) clapstick
- (musical instrument) musicstick
Derived terms
Translations
the tongue of a bell
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rattle
Verb
clapper (third-person singular simple present clappers, present participle clappering, simple past and past participle clappered)
- (transitive) To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
- 1903, Baron Edmund Beckett Grimthorpe, A rudimentary treatise on clocks and watches and bells:
- It is still necessary to warn clergymen against allowing the lazy and pernicious practice of 'clappering,' i.e. tying the bell-rope to the clapper, and pulling it instead of the bell.
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Etymology 2
Borrowing from French clapier.
Noun
clapper (plural clappers)
French
Verb
clapper
- to click (the tongue)
Conjugation
Conjugation of clapper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | clapper | avoir clappé | |||||
| gerund | en clappant | en ayant clappé | |||||
| present participle | clappant /kla.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | clappé /kla.pe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | clappe /klap/ |
clappes /klap/ |
clappe /klap/ |
clappons /kla.pɔ̃/ |
clappez /kla.pe/ |
clappent /klap/ |
| imperfect | clappais /kla.pɛ/ |
clappais /kla.pɛ/ |
clappait /kla.pɛ/ |
clappions /kla.pjɔ̃/ |
clappiez /kla.pje/ |
clappaient /kla.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | clappai /kla.pe/ |
clappas /kla.pa/ |
clappa /kla.pa/ |
clappâmes /kla.pam/ |
clappâtes /kla.pat/ |
clappèrent /kla.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | clapperai /kla.pʁe/ |
clapperas /kla.pʁa/ |
clappera /kla.pʁa/ |
clapperons /kla.pʁɔ̃/ |
clapperez /kla.pʁe/ |
clapperont /kla.pʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | clapperais /kla.pʁɛ/ |
clapperais /kla.pʁɛ/ |
clapperait /kla.pʁɛ/ |
clapperions /kla.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
clapperiez /kla.pə.ʁje/ |
clapperaient /kla.pʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | clappe /klap/ |
clappes /klap/ |
clappe /klap/ |
clappions /kla.pjɔ̃/ |
clappiez /kla.pje/ |
clappent /klap/ |
| imperfect1 |
clappasse /kla.pas/ |
clappasses /kla.pas/ |
clappât /kla.pa/ |
clappassions /kla.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
clappassiez /kla.pa.sje/ |
clappassent /kla.pas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | clappe /klap/ |
— | clappons /kla.pɔ̃/ |
clappez /kla.pe/ |
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Derived terms
- clappement