Definitions for clappers

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clappers clap·per

Spelling: [klap-er]

IPA: /ˈklæp ər/

Clappers is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 370 anagrams from letters in clappers (acelpprs).

Definitions for clappers

noun

1. a person who applauds.
2. the tongue of a bell.
3. Slang. the tongue.
4. Usually, clappers. two flat sticks held between the fingers and struck rhythmically against each other to produce abrupt, sharp sounds.
5. Printing. a platen press.
6. a person who applauds.
7. the tongue of a bell.
8. Slang. the tongue.
9. Usually, clappers. two flat sticks held between the fingers and struck rhythmically against each other to produce abrupt, sharp sounds.
10. Printing. a platen press.

Origin of clappers

First recorded in 1250-1300, clapper is from the Middle English word claper. See clap¹, -er¹

Examples for clappers

Only this morning she keeps on at me wi' her questions like the clapper o' a bell.

My heart beat in my temples like the clapper of an alarm-bell.

At least one U.S. intelligence official says that clapper might have gotten just a bit ahead of his skis.

U.S. officials say that this time around there were three factors that swayed clapper to support the deal.

There was nothing for it but to tie a handkerchief round the clapper of the bell.

On examining the belfry, it was discovered that some persons had carried off the clapper of the bell.

“Like others, DNI clapper had concerns about these individuals,” said clapper spokesman Shawn Turner.

Asked whether the National Security Agency collects “any type of data at all on millions of Americans,” clapper said, “No, sir.”

This completes the circuit again and the clapper is pulled down.

Instead, clapper responded with an egregious falsehood, if not an outright lie.

Only this morning she keeps on at me wi' her questions like the clapper o' a bell.

There was nothing for it but to tie a handkerchief round the clapper of the bell.

This completes the circuit again and the clapper is pulled down.

At least one U.S. intelligence official says that clapper might have gotten just a bit ahead of his skis.

U.S. officials say that this time around there were three factors that swayed clapper to support the deal.

Asked whether the National Security Agency collects “any type of data at all on millions of Americans,” clapper said, “No, sir.”

My heart beat in my temples like the clapper of an alarm-bell.

Instead, clapper responded with an egregious falsehood, if not an outright lie.

“Like others, DNI clapper had concerns about these individuals,” said clapper spokesman Shawn Turner.

On examining the belfry, it was discovered that some persons had carried off the clapper of the bell.