gragger
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Yiddish גראַגער (grager).
Noun
gragger (plural graggers)
- (music) A type of ratchet (an idiophone musical instrument) used mainly in Purim celebrations in Jewish tradition; it consists of a board and a gearwheel attached to a handle, and is played by swinging the mechanism to make the gearwheel scrape against the board, producing a percussive sound.