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Clapper vs Slapper - What's the difference?

clapper | slapper |

As nouns the difference between clapper and slapper

is that clapper is one who claps while slapper is one who, or that which, slaps.

As a verb clapper

is to ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.

clapper

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who claps.
  • An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring.
  • A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
  • (label) A pounding block.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
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    • Etymology 2

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A rabbit burrow.
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    slapper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) One who, or that which, slaps.
  • (countable, slang, dated) Anything monstrous; a whopper.
    • (Grose)
  • (countable, UK, Ireland, slang) A prostitute.
  • (countable, UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) A woman of loose morals.

    • Derived terms

    * ankle slapper * knee slapper * thigh-slapper

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