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clapperclawing

clapperclawing is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about clapperclawing

What is clapperclawing the present participle and gerund of?
Clapperclawing is the present participle and gerund of clapperclaw.

Words near clapperclawing in the dictionary

  1. clapperboarded
  2. clapperboarding
  3. clapperboards
  4. clapperclaw
  5. clapperclawed
  6. clapperclawing
  7. clapperclaws
  8. clapperdudgeon
  9. clapperdudgeons
  10. clappered
  11. clappering

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