1.wooden clappers (percussion instrument)2.to beat time with clappers (for a singer)3.(auctioneer's) board or gavel4.to slap the board to signal a sale; to bring down the gavel+1 条+2 条
1.lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter2.scrupulous attention to detail