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clapperclaw

verb

To fight and scratch.

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abuse blackguard shout

Scrabble 22

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Meanings

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

present singular third person clapperclaws · participle present clapperclawing · participle past clapperclawed · past clapperclawed · alternative capperclaw

obsoleteTo 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
obsoleteTo abuse with words; to revile; to scold.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbuse foul or abusive language towards

Similar

abuse blackguard shout

Broader

attack round assail

Also see

abuse blackguard shout

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

clapperclaw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clapperclaw

MLA

“clapperclaw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clapperclaw. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clapperclaw,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clapperclaw.

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