Overview of noun clappers

The noun clappers has 1 sense

• bones, castanets, clappers, finger cymbals -- (a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance)

Overview of noun clapper

The noun clapper has 3 senses

• clapper, applauder -- (someone who applauds)


• tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper -- (a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity)


• clapper, tongue -- (metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side)