clappernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈklæp.ər/us/ˈklæp.ɚ/a piece of metal that hangs inside a bell and makes the bell ring when it hits the sides
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Musical instruments
- accordion
- alphorn
- alto
- alto recorder
- bagpipes
- English horn
- euphonium
- fingerboard
- flugelhorn
- flute
- pitched
- plectrum
- reed
- reed instrument
- sax
- viola
- violin
- violoncello
- vuvuzela
- wind chimes
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Examples from literature
- Its weight is thirty-two thousand pounds—the clapper alone weighing a thousand pounds.
- The Indian bell-ringer rings them by a rope fastened to each clapper.
Idiom(s)
like the clappers