clapper
3
7.2
- noun
- /ˈklæpər/
:
badajo
- During the concert, the old church bell's clapper rang out beautifully, echoing through the town.
- bell clapper
Examples
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I had just assembled Peggy's breakfast on the tray and was on my way back upstairs when the front door clapper sounded.
Fiction book (1994) -
Reuben inspected the cracked bell, deprived of its clapper, which lay on the platform, a huge pendant of bronze disengaged from the bell.
Fiction book (1998) -
As I was going through the hall, the door clapper sounded again.
Fiction book (1994) -
Bells are made to ring by a clapper.
Academic text (1991) -
Clappers are usually made of soft iron to avoid cracking the bell.
Fiction book (1998) -
Bourget, the Reform pastor, asked to have the temple's bell clapper repaired.
Fiction book (1992) -
From the rope's two ends hung two large weighted knots, each shaped like the clapper in a church bell.
Fiction book (1997) -
The clapper inside the bell struck against its sides, producing a clear and resonant sound.
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To signal the end of the event, the clapper chimed loudly as it hit the bell.
Synonyms
3
7.0
A part that hits something to make a gun fire or a bell ring
2
9.8
A metal piece inside a bell that hits the sides to make sound
Compounds
- Specialized
A simple device with a hinged flap that lets liquid flow in one direction and stops it flowing back
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Morphology
Etymology
Clapper comes from the verb clap ('to hit' or 'make a loud sound') plus -er, and so it names the piece inside a bell that 'claps' the bell to make it ring.