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capperclaw

capperclaw is the alternative form of clapperclaw.

Meaning of clapperclaw

Verb

clapperclaw (third-person singular simple present clapperclaws, present participle clapperclawing, simple past and past participle clapperclawed)

  1. (obsolete) To fight and scratch.
    • Steady, Birds! present your beaks! in double time, charge and attack,
      Pounce upon them, smash the potlid, clapperclaw them, tear and hack.1909, John Hookham Frere translating Aristophanes, Acharnians
  2. (obsolete) To abuse with words; to revile; to scold.

Forms of capperclaw

third-person singular presentcapperclaws
present participlecapperclawing
past participlecapperclawed
pastcapperclawed

Questions about capperclaw

What is capperclaw the alternative form of?
Capperclaw is the alternative form of clapperclaw.

Words near capperclaw in the dictionary

  1. Cappellos
  2. Cappels
  3. capper
  4. capperbar
  5. capperbars
  6. capperclaw
  7. capperclawed
  8. capperclawing
  9. capperclaws
  10. cappers
  11. Cappetta

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