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clapsticks

clapsticks is the plural of clapstick.

Meaning of clapstick

Noun

clapstick (plural clapsticks)

  1. A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
    Synonyms:
    clapper, musicstick
  2. A clapperboard.

Questions about clapsticks

What is clapsticks the plural of?
Clapsticks is the plural of clapstick.

Words near clapsticks in the dictionary

  1. Clapsaddles
  2. clapshot
  3. clapskate
  4. clapskates
  5. clapstick
  6. clapsticks
  7. clapt
  8. clapter
  9. Clapton
  10. Clapton in Gordano
  11. Clapton-on-the-Hill

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