clapper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who applauds
    applauder.
  2. noun a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
    tongue; lingua; glossa.
  3. noun metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
    tongue.

WordNet

Clap"per noun
Definitions
  1. A person who claps.
  2. That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell.
Clap"per noun
Etymology
F. clapier.
Definitions
  1. A rabbit burrow. Obs.

Webster 1913