clappers

2 definitions found

clappers - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  clappers
      n 1: a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow
           pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and
           fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish
           dancers) in rhythm with the dance [syn: bones,
           castanets, clappers, finger cymbals]

clappers - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "clappers":
     battery, bells, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes,
     crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, gamelan, glockenspiel, gong,
     handbells, idiophone, lyra, maraca, marimba, metallophone,
     orchestral bells, percussion, percussion instrument, percussions,
     percussive, rattle, rattlebones, sizzler, snappers, tam-tam,
     tintinnabula, tonitruone, triangle, tubular bells, vibes,
     vibraphone, xylophone