English Dictionary

clapper

/ˈklæpɚ/

verb

(transitive) 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.

The director clappered to signal the start of the scene.

意味（1）

(transitive) To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.

It is still necessary to warn clergymen against allowing the lazy and pernicious practice of 'clappering,' i.e. tying the bell-rope to the clapper, and pulling it instead of the bell.

意味（2）

To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.

意味（3）

Of birds, to repeatedly strike the mandibles together.