clapper vs toll

clapper

verb
  • To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper. 

  • To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter. 

  • Of birds, to repeatedly strike the mandibles together. 

noun
  • A clapstick (musical instrument). 

  • A pounding block. 

  • A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper. 

  • 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. 

toll

verb
  • To summon by ringing a bell. 

  • To draw; entice; invite; allure. 

  • To make a sound as if made by a bell. 

  • To levy a toll on (someone or something). 

  • To announce by tolling. 

  • To suspend. 

  • To take as a toll. 

  • To pay a toll or tallage. 

  • To impose a fee for the use of. 

  • To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly. 

  • To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals). 

  • To tear in pieces. 

noun
  • A fee for using any kind of material processing service. 

  • A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc. 

  • Loss or damage incurred through a disaster. 

  • A tollbooth. 

  • A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding. 

  • The act or sound of tolling. 

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