claquer
Meaning
- to clack (make a sharp sound)
- to clap
- to click, to snap
- to crack
- to flap
- to chatter
- to rattle
- to rattle
- to click (to make a click sound with the mouth)
- to slap (hit with the hand)
- to slam (a door)
- to snap
- (informal) to squander, to dissipate, to splurge
- (colloquial) to die
Concepts
cash in one’s chips
cease to be
go to meet ones maker
give a smack
give-up the ghost
beat together
disclose
Synonyms
claboter
calancher
passer l’arme à gauche
s’éteindre
payer sa dette à la nature
dévisser son billard
casser sa queue de billard
frapper sur
partir
taper sur
faire claquer
acaecer
sorter
fermer avec bruit
calotter
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kla.ke/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French claquer, from Old French claquer, clacquer (“to clack, clap, clatter”), from Middle Dutch klacken (“to clack, crack, whack, shake”), from Old Dutch *klakon, from Proto-Germanic *klakōną (“to clap, chirp”).
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