clapper

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun someone who applauds
noun a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
noun metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side

From clap + -er.

They were something like clappers. — Fairy Prince and Other Stories, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
"Stop your clapper, Jack!" vociferated a third. — The Coral Island, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
"No," sez I, "nor in a bell clapper." — Samantha Among the Brethren, Complete, Marietta Holley

applauder

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