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claquer

Pronunciation: /kla.ke/

“claquer” is a French word. Its 14 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to clack (make a sharp sound)
  2. to clap
  3. to click, to snap
  4. to crack
  5. to flap
  6. to chatter
  7. to rattle
  8. to click (to make a click sound with the mouth)
  9. to slap (hit with the hand)
  10. to slam (a door)
  11. to snap
  12. to squander, to dissipate, to splurge
  13. to die
  14. to vamp a shoe

In French

  1. Faire un certain bruit aigu et éclatant.
  2. Aplaudir.
  3. Mourir.
  4. Dépenser avec excès.
  5. Faire.
  6. S’offrir.
  7. Donner une claque, des claques.
  8. Impressionner.
  9. Garnir de la pièce de cuir appelée claque.

Etymology

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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