clapperclaw

verb — 2 senses

clapperclaw

verb

1

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:

2

Obsolete To abuse with words; to revile; to scold.

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