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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLAPPER, n.
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who applauds [syn: clapper, applauder]
2: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity [syn: tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper]
3: metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side [syn: clapper, tongue]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century one that claps: as a. the tongue of a bell b. a mechanical device that makes noise especially by the banging of one part against another c. a person who applauds

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the tongue or striker of a bell. Phrases and idioms: like the clappers Brit. sl. very fast or hard.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Knacker Knack"er, n. 1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc. --Mortimer. 2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper. --Halliwell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clapper Clap"per, n. [F. clapier.] A rabbit burrow. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clapper Clap"per, n. 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 (Zo["o]l.), an Americam species of rail (Rallus scepitans).

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

The tongue of a bell, and figuratively of a man or woman.

Moby Thesaurus

Klaxon, bell, boiler factory, boiler room, bull-roarer, catcall, cherry bomb, chimes, church bell, clack, clacker, cowbell, cracker, cricket, dinner bell, dinner gong, doorbell, fire bell, firecracker, gong, gong bell, hand bell, horn, jingle bell, noisemaker, passing bell, rattle, rattlebox, sacring bell, sheepbell, siren, sleigh bell, snapper, steam whistle, telephone bell, ticktack, tintinnabulum, tongue, triangle, whistle, whizgig, whizzer