Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to clapper
Participle: clappered
Gerund: clappering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | clapper |
| you | clapper |
| he;she;it | clappers |
| we | clapper |
| you | clapper |
| they | clapper |
Perfect
| I | have clappered |
| you | have clappered |
| he;she;it | has clappered |
| we | have clappered |
| you | have clappered |
| they | have clappered |
Past
| I | clappered |
| you | clappered |
| he;she;it | clappered |
| we | clappered |
| you | clappered |
| they | clappered |
Pluperfect
| I | had clappered |
| you | had clappered |
| he;she;it | had clappered |
| we | had clappered |
| you | had clappered |
| they | had clappered |
Future
| I | will clapper |
| you | will clapper |
| he;she;it | will clapper |
| we | will clapper |
| you | will clapper |
| they | will clapper |
Future Perfect
| I | will have clappered |
| you | will have clappered |
| he;she;it | will have clappered |
| we | will have clappered |
| you | will have clappered |
| they | will have clappered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | clapper |
| you | clapper |
| he;she;it | clapper |
| we | clapper |
| you | clapper |
| they | clapper |
Perfect
| I | have clappered |
| you | have clappered |
| he;she;it | have clappered |
| we | have clappered |
| you | have clappered |
| they | have clappered |
Imperfect
| I | clappered |
| you | clappered |
| he;she;it | clappered |
| we | clappered |
| you | clappered |
| they | clappered |
Pluperfect
| I | had clappered |
| you | had clappered |
| he;she;it | had clappered |
| we | had clappered |
| you | had clappered |
| they | had clappered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would clapper |
| you | would clapper |
| he;she;it | would clapper |
| we | would clapper |
| you | would clapper |
| they | would clapper |
Perfect
| I | would have clappered |
| you | would have clappered |
| he;she;it | would have clappered |
| we | would have clappered |
| you | would have clappered |
| they | would have clappered |
Imperative
| you | clapper |
| we | Let's clapper |
| you | clapper |
Verbs conjugated like 'clapper'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'clapper'
clamper,
lapper,
plapper,
caper,
chapter,
charper,
chipper,
chopper,
clabber,
clamber,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English clap
3. Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
4. Proto-Italic *-āzios
5. Latin -āriusnom.
6. Latin -āriusbor.
7. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
8. Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
9. Old English -ere
10. Middle English -ere
11. English -er
12. English clapper
13. From clap + -er.
Sample Sentences
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It is still necessary to warn clergymen against allowing the lazy and pernicious practice of 'clappering,' i.e. tying the bell-rope to the clapper, and pulling it instead of the bell. [1903, Baron Edmund Beckett Grimthorpe, A rudimentary treatise on clocks and watches and bells:]
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[W]hile he was away Hinzelmann began suddenly to clapper in the ladies' chamber like a stork, and then said, "Maid Anne, you much go look for your things to-day in the mill-stream." [1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 53:]