clappers

Noun

Meaning

(used in the plural) 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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

gong lyra Balkans percussive glossa bones lingua marimba percussion instrument castanets applauder tam-tam celesta maraca soft shoe

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Hypernyms

percussion instrument percussive instrument

Phrases with the word

like the clappers go like the clappers like the clappers of fuck going like the clappers like the clappers of hell

Anagrams

scrapple scappler

Examples

There was such idiot minstrelsy in rain, So many clappers going without bells, That these bethous compose a heavenly gong. One voice repeating, one tireless chorister, The phrases of a single phrase, ke-ke, A single text, granite monotony. Wallace Stevens

Laws without penalties are like bells without clappers. Czech Proverb

Close letter words and terms

clapperclaw clapperdudgeon clapperless Clapperton Clapperton's francolin clapping