Clapper Synonyms

klăpər
Something resembling a tongue, sense 1
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tongue of a bell
  2. clack
  3. noisemaker
Someone who applauds
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. applauder
A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tongue
  2. lingua
  3. glossa
Metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tongue

Clapper Sentence Examples

  • This concerns both the bell itself as well as the bell clapper.

  • At first while they were still moving along the Kaluga road, Napoleon's armies made their presence known, but later when they reached the Smolensk road they ran holding the clapper of their bell tight--and often thinking they were escaping ran right into the Russians.

  • Does Great-Aunt Martha really need another Clapper?

  • From the centre of the subumbral surface hangs down the manubrium, like the handle of an umbrella or the clapper of a bell, bearing the mouth at its extremity.

  • The next problem is that the bell's clapper must strike the correct side of the bell.

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