|1.||a person or thing that claps|
|2.||a contrivance for producing a sound of clapping, as for scaring birds|
|3.||Also called: tongue a small piece of metal suspended within a bell that causes it to sound when made to strike against its side|
|4.||a slang word for tongue|
|5.||informal (Brit) go like the clappers, run like the clappers, move like the clappers to move extremely fast|
musicalmusical instrument consisting of pieces of wood, bone, metal, or other sonorous substance either held in both hands or, fastened together, held in one hand, sometimes with a handle, and struck against each other. Clappers have been played throughout the world since ancient times, often with a ritual, warning, work-coordinating, or signaling function, rather than a musical one.
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