clapper

Example Sentences

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When the sound is rolling and the clapper has been hit, I never say “Action.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2023

More steel tubes branch out from the top of the rods in an interlinked canopy that is hung with dozens of differently shaped and patterned ceramic bells, each with a copper clapper.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021

He measured mileage by attaching a rod inside a wagon wheel — based on the circumference of the wheel, a clapper would sound at each mile and that’s where a marker would go.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2020

Julia: The clapper, most ingeniously used to turn on and off a Christmas tree.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2019

The post dented, but the clapper let out a dull resounding hum.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee