Klappe
“Klappe” is a German word. Its 10 meanings in English:
- flap, every technical or natural implement that is bound in front of something or a body part of someone or a beast to obstruct leakage or immissions in either direction and is removed under preintended conditions.
- ellipsis of Schiffsklappe
- any technical piece of equipment bound in front of a beast to obstruct its movement or vision, as a muzzle or twitch or barnacle (tendentially a muzzle, while a twitch preferredly bears the form Kluppe or Knuppe)
- gob, mouth
- cottage, tea room (public toilet or similar place used by men seeking sex with other men, for cottaging)
- whip, scourge
- ellipsis of Fliegenklappe (“fly swatter”)
- buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata); also Ziegenklappe and both as a plurale tantum
- extension (a numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network)
- ellipsis of Klappe zu or halt die Klappe: shut your mouth
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