"Sir, sir! folks' tongues go like the clappers in the fields to drive away the blackbirds. A very little wind makes 'em rattle wonderfully."
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Clapper
//ˈklæpɚ//
Synonyms for "clapper" (57 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (28)
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14 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κρέμβαλα noun (rattle)
Armenian
2 entries- զանգալեզվակ noun (the tongue of a bell)
- լեզվակ noun (the tongue of a bell)
Breton
1 entries- bazhoulenn noun (the tongue of a bell)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ези́к noun (the tongue of a bell)
- кречетало noun (rattle)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- tratallu noun (the tongue of a bell)
Catalan
1 entries- batall noun (the tongue of a bell)
Czech
4 entries- klapačka noun (rattle)
- srdce noun (the tongue of a bell)
- srdce zvonu noun (the tongue of a bell)
- řehtačka noun (rattle)
Dutch
4 entries- bengel noun (the tongue of a bell)
- klapper noun (rattle)
- klepel noun (the tongue of a bell)
- klepper noun (rattle)
Esperanto
1 entries- koro noun (the tongue of a bell)
Finnish
2 entries- kieli noun (the tongue of a bell)
- räikkä noun (rattle)
French
2 entries- batail noun (the tongue of a bell)
- battant noun (the tongue of a bell)
Friulian
2 entries- banducel noun (the tongue of a bell)
- batocj noun (the tongue of a bell)
Galician
2 entries- badalo noun (the tongue of a bell)
- batel noun (the tongue of a bell)
Gallurese
1 entries- battaddólu noun (the tongue of a bell)
German
3 entries- Challe noun (the tongue of a bell)
- Klöppel noun (the tongue of a bell)
- Schwengel noun (the tongue of a bell)
Hebrew
1 entries- עִנְבָּל noun (the tongue of a bell)
Hungarian
3 entries- harangnyelv noun (the tongue of a bell)
- kereplő noun (rattle)
- szélkelep noun (rattle)
Icelandic
1 entries- kólfur noun (the tongue of a bell)
Irish
2 entries- boschrann noun (the tongue of a bell)
- teanga cloig noun (the tongue of a bell)
Italian
2 entries- batacchio noun (the tongue of a bell)
- battaglio noun (the tongue of a bell)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- palica noun (the tongue of a bell)
Māori
2 entries- ngutu rakiraki noun (rattle)
- pākōkō noun (rattle)
Persian
1 entries- جرس noun (the tongue of a bell)
Polish
1 entries- serce noun (the tongue of a bell)
Portuguese
1 entries- badalo noun (the tongue of a bell)
Romanian
1 entries- limbă noun (the tongue of a bell)
Russian
2 entries- трещо́тка noun (rattle)
- язы́к noun (the tongue of a bell)
Sardinian
4 entries- antarzu noun (the tongue of a bell)
- batalzu noun (the tongue of a bell)
- batarzu noun (the tongue of a bell)
- batazu noun (the tongue of a bell)
Spanish
1 entries- badajo noun (the tongue of a bell)
Swedish
1 entries- kläpp noun (the tongue of a bell)
Venetan
4 entries- batibèƚo noun (the tongue of a bell)
- batidor noun (the tongue of a bell)
- batocio noun (the tongue of a bell)
- batòc noun (the tongue of a bell)
Walloon
1 entries- bata noun (the tongue of a bell)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Emilia 'tis true could use her clapper with great Dexterity, but he had the same advantages against her, which this had against him; Olimpia 's Tongue was also well hung but she ever had reason on her side, which he with reason could never either blame or oppose, and by both these came his Fortune: […]
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It is still necessary to warn clergymen against allowing the lazy and pernicious practice of 'clappering,' i.e. tying the bell-rope to the clapper, and pulling it instead of the bell.
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Poore cunnie so bagged, Is soone overlagged Plash burrow, set clapper, For dog is a snapper
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