klapper

Possibly from Malay kelapa (coconut) or Afrikaans klapper (rattle).

klapper (plural klappers)

1. The Natal orange. (Strychnos spinosa)
   • 1939, Eugène Marais, My Friends the Baboons (translated):

     Wild peaches, sour klappers (unknown in the south) medlers, moepels, and various other kinds of fruit made our wilderness a veritable orchard.

klapper

1. present of klappe

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɑ.pər/

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• Hyphenation: klap‧per
• Rhymes: -ɑpər

From klappen (“to clap; to talk; to shut with a clap”) +‎ -er.

klapper m (plural klappers, diminutive klappertje n)

1. clapper (one who claps/applauds)
2. ring binder

   Synonym: ringband

3. (archaic) gossip, chatterbox

   Synonyms: klepper, roddelaar

4. something that has a big impact or is successful; a big hit

• → Papiamentu: klapchi (from the diminutive)

Borrowing from Indonesian kelapa.

klapper m (plural klappers, diminutive klappertje n)

1. (Netherlands, Indonesia, Suriname) coconut

   Synonyms: klappernoot, kokosnoot

• klapperdief
• klappernoot
• klappertaart

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klapper

1. inflection of klappern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

klapper

1. present of klappe

Deverbal from klappra (“to clatter”).

klapper n

1. clatter (repeated, short, sharp, non-reverbant sounds)

   klappret från hästarnas hovar mot asfalten

   the clatter of the horses' hooves against the asphalt

klapper c

1. rounded, often roughly fist-sized stones (formed by the action of water at a (sometimes former, due to post-glacial land uplift) beach)

   Synonym: klappersten

• klappersten
• klapperstensfält

• kullersten
• rullsten

• klapper in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• klapper in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• klapper in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)