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claquer.

to clack (make a sharp sound)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/kla.ke/
  1. to clack (make a sharp sound)

    intransitive
  2. to clap

    claquer des mains
    claquer les acrobates
  3. to click, to snap

    intransitive
    faire claquer ses doigts
  4. to crack

    intransitive
    faire claquer un fouet
  5. to flap

    intransitive
  6. to chatter

    intransitive
  7. to rattle

    intransitive
  8. to rattle

    intransitive
  9. to click (to make a click sound with the mouth)

    intransitive
  10. to slap (hit with the hand)

    transitive
  11. to slam (a door)

    transitive
    J'ai claqué la porte au nez de mon voisin.
  12. to snap

    reflexive
    se claquer un muscle
  13. to squander, to dissipate, to splurge

    informal
  14. to die

    colloquial · intransitive
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”).

verb/kla.ke/
  1. to vamp a shoe

Where this word comes from

From claque (“vamp”) + -er.

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