clapperclaw verb2 •(no longer used) To fight and scratch.Steady, Birds! present your beaks! in double time, charge and attack, Pounce upon them, smash the potlid, clapperclaw them, tear and hack. — 1909 •(no longer used) To abuse with words; to revile; to scold. formsclapperclawed · clapperclawing · clapperclaws