clapperclaw en · VERB
Meanings
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(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:
- (obsolete) To abuse with words; to revile; to scold.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| clapperclawed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| clapperclawed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| clapperclaws | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| clapperclawing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| capperclaw | alternative | lexicographic |