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clapperclaws

clapperclaws is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 clapperclaws

What is clapperclaws the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Clapperclaws is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clapperclaw.

Words near clapperclaws in the dictionary

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

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