| 单词 | clapperclaw |
| 释义 | clapperclaw (once / 176408 pages) v To clapperclaw is to fight by scratching and clawing with the fingernails. Two kids might clapperclaw during a furious argument on the playground. When you clapperclaw, you fight with your arms outstretched, using mainly your nails against your rival. Sparring cats often clapperclaw too, using their actual claws. You can also use this uncommon word to mean "shower with abusive language." Clapperclaw, combining the original meaning of clap, "to beat," and claw, dates from the late 1500s, and it has become fairly obscure today. WORD FAMILYclapperclaw: clapperclawed, clapperclawing, clapperclaws USAGE EXAMPLESNow these rival rogues will clapperclaw one another, and I shall have the sport of it. Scott, Walter, Sir, The works of John Dryden, now firs...(2010) No, I'd not have, upon my life, Great Alexander for my wife, Nor Pompey, nor his dad-in-law, Who did each other clapperclaw. Motteux, Peter Anthony, Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrat...(2010) Said Clapperclaw, 'My kits, approach, And put your noses to my ears: I'm deaf, almost, by weight of years.' Wright, Elizur, Fables of La Fontaine — a New Editi...(2010) 1v claw with the nails Hyper claw scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails 2v use foul or abusive language towards Syn|Hypo|Hyper abuse, blackguard, shout slang abuse with coarse language rail, revile, vilify, vituperatespread negative information about curseheap obscenities upon assail, assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe attack in speech or writing |
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