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Arts and entertainment

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Clappers (record label) "How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise?" is a 1980 hip hop song by Brother D with Collective Effort. Released on the independent label Clappers (record label), Clappers, it is considered the first political hip hop song. Like the content of the ...
, a New York-based reggae label * "Clappers" (song), a 2013 song by Wale * ''The Clapper'' (film), a 2017 American comedy film


Places

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Clapper, Missouri Clapper is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United ...
, a community in the United States * Clappers, Scottish Borders, a small village in Scottish Borders, United Kingdom * The Clappers, a footbridge across Caversham Lock in Reading, United Kingdom


People

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Billy Clapper Billy Clapper (born December 25, 1982, in Altoona, Pennsylvania) is an American basketball coach at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He is a basketball camp clinician and skills instructor; having worked with numerous NBA players and overseas pr ...
(born 1982), American basketball coach *
James Clapper James Robert Clapper Jr. (born March 14, 1941) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and former Director of National Intelligence. Clapper has held several key positions within the United States Intelligence Community. ...
(born 1941), former Director of National Intelligence of the United States *Clapper, a character in the video game '' Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''


Other uses

*Clapper, part of a
bell A bell /ˈbɛl/ () is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be m ...
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Clapper (musical instrument) A clapper is a basic form of percussion instrument. It consists of two long solid pieces that are struck together producing sound. They exist in many forms in many different cultures around the world. Clappers can take a number of forms and be ...
, consisting of two pieces of wood struck together *
Clapper bridge A clapper bridge is an ancient form of bridge found on the moors of the English West Country (Bodmin Moor, Dartmoor and Exmoor) and in other upland areas of the United Kingdom including Snowdonia and Anglesey, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, L ...
, an ancient form of bridge *
Clapper Post Clapper Post, or in German, was an urban postal service in Vienna, the capital of Austria, and in some of the country's other cities, that began in 1772. Its name refers to a ''clapper'' (a type of rattle) with which mail carriers announced thei ...
, urban postal service in 18th century Vienna *
Clapperboard A clapperboard, also known as a dumb slate, clapboard, film clapper, film slate, bertolo clapz, movie slate, or production slate, is a device used in filmmaking, television production and video production to assist in synchronizing of picture ...
, used in film production to aid synchronizing audio and video and to identify different shots *
The Clapper The Clapper is a sound-activated electrical switch, sold since 1984 by San Francisco, California based Joseph Enterprises, Inc. Joseph Pedott marketed the clapper with the slogan "Clap On! Clap Off! The Clapper!". The Clapper plugs into a U.S. ...
, a sound activated electrical switch *
Clapper (service) Clapper is an American short-form video-hosting service headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It was founded in 2020 by Edison Chen as an alternative for TikTok for mature audiences. The app is functionally similar to TikTok and includes tipping an ...
, a social networking service


See also

* '' ACLU v. Clapper'', a lawsuit involving the American Civil Liberties Union * '' Clapper v. Amnesty International USA'', a United States Supreme Court case {{disambiguation, surname