clapper

Other forms of clapper

plural

clappers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clapper

What does clapper mean?

clapper means "someone who applauds". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clapper?

clapper has 2 syllables: clap-per. The stress falls on "clap". In IPA it is /ˈklæpɚ/.

What is another word for clapper?

Close synonyms include applauder, tongue, lingua, glossa, tongue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clapper a common word?

clapper is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.