A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
A sudden attack; disturbance.
Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
To call to arms for defense
To keep in excitement; to disturb.
A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
A clapstick (musical instrument).
A pounding block.
The chattering damsel of a mill.
An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
A slapshot
One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.
Of birds, to repeatedly strike the mandibles together.
To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.