clappety
Collocations
4VERB + CLAPPETY
came, hands, listened
CLAPPETY + NOUN
clapp, feet, foxtrot, tap
PREP.
with
ADV.
beadly
Definitions
adj
Characterised by clapped or clapping sounds; clappy.
[…] and she'd got knockety hands, and clappety feet, and beadly eyes; and she was so straggle-toothed that you could see right down her gullet into the fires of hell.
At each landing, she stopped, looked and listened to the clappety clapp of the ample Miss Barry clanking her miserable way from step to step, until at long last they reached terra firma and had quite a time getting inside the building.
intj
A clapping sound.
Clappety-clappety-clappety clap, / We're having lots of fun. / Clappety-clappety-clappety clap. / Stop! Little hands, you're done.
Clappety, clappety, tap—the foxtrot reminded him of ragtime.
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5[…] and she'd got knockety hands, and clappety feet, and beadly eyes; and she was so straggle-toothed that you could see right down her gullet into the fires of hell.
WiktionaryAt each landing, she stopped, looked and listened to the clappety clapp of the ample Miss Barry clanking her miserable way from step to step, until at long last they reached terra firma and had quite
WiktionaryIt seemed like I had only been asleep a short while, dreaming of Indians, when suddenly all the Indians came to life, clappety bang, with the clatter of hooves on the frozen ground.
WiktionaryClappety-clappety-clappety clap, / We're having lots of fun. / Clappety-clappety-clappety clap. / Stop! Little hands, you're done.
WiktionaryClappety, clappety, tap—the foxtrot reminded him of ragtime.
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