clappers
/ˈklæpərz/
noun
- The part inside a bell that strikes the sides to make the sound.
- The old church bell's clappers were worn from years of use.
- The clappers of the alarm bell were made of solid brass.
- He replaced the broken clappers in the handbells before the concert.
- A device or instrument used to make a clapping sound, often for scaring birds or as a noisemaker.
- The children ran through the field shaking plastic clappers to make noise.
- Farmers used wooden clappers to scare crows away from the crops.
- At the festival, vendors sold colorful clappers that clicked when you shook them.
- In the phrase 'like the clappers', meaning very fast or with great energy.
- She typed like the clappers to finish her essay before the deadline.
- He ran like the clappers to catch the bus before it left.
- The rabbit shot across the field like the clappers when it saw the dog.