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1. (used in the plural) 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
   - bones, castanets, finger cymbals

1. Metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
   - tongue
    
2. Someone who applauds
   - applauder
    
3. [informal] A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
   - tongue, lingua, glossa

Type of: articulator, extoller, laudator, lauder, organ, percussion instrument, percussive instrument, striker

Part of: bell, cakehole [Brit, informal], gob [Brit, informal], hole [informal], kisser [informal], maw [informal], mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, pharynx, throat, trap [informal], yap [N. Amer, informal]

Encyclopedia: Clappers, Scottish Borders