clapper

/ˈklæpɚ/ · noun

Meaning

One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
A clapstick (musical instrument).
A pounding block.
The chattering damsel of a mill.
To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.
Of birds, to repeatedly strike the mandibles together.
A rabbit burrow.

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