claquer.
to clack (make a sharp sound)
Meaning & usage
to clack (make a sharp sound)
to clap
claquer des mains
claquer les acrobates
to click, to snap
faire claquer ses doigts
to crack
faire claquer un fouet
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)
J'ai claqué la porte au nez de mon voisin.
to snap
se claquer un muscle
to squander, to dissipate, to splurge
to die
Where this word comes from
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”).
to vamp a shoe
Where this word comes from
From claque (“vamp”) + -er.
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