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clapper definition

clap·per (klap′ər)

noun

  1. a person who claps
  2. the moving part inside a bell, that strikes the side of the bell; tongue
  3. the tongue of a garrulous person: used facetiously

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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