clapper

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈklæpɚ/

Noun

obsolete slang

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.

Japanese Meaning

拍手をする人、手を打って賞賛する人 / 鐘の内部に吊るされ、鐘に当たって鳴らす部分

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The veteran clapper set the rhythm that soon had the entire crowd joining in.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ベテランの拍手をする人がリズムを取ったおかげで、すぐに観客全員が一緒に拍手を始めた。

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Sense（1）

One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.

Sense（2）

An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.

Sense（3）

A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.

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Sense（4）

A clapstick (musical instrument).

Sense（5）

(sewing) A pounding block.

Sense（6）

The chattering damsel of a mill.

Sense（7）

(ice hockey) A slapshot

Sense（8）

(cinematography) The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.

Sense（9）

(slang, obsolete) A person's tongue, as a source of chatter or nagging.

Emilia 'tis true could use her clapper with great Dexterity, but he had the same advantages against her, which this had against him; Olimpia 's Tongue was also well hung but she ever had reason on her side, which he with reason could never either blame or oppose, and by both these came his Fortune: […]

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clappers

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