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claquer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bang noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
  • blow verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
  • chatter noun Talk that goes on and on without saying much of substance.
  • clatter verb To make a rapid series of short, sharp banging or rattling sounds.
  • die verb To stop living; to reach the end of life.
  • slam verb To shut something with sudden force and a loud noise.
  • snap verb To break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound.
  • splurge verb To spend money freely and extravagantly.
  • whack verb To hit something hard and sharply.

Senses

claquer is used for these senses in English:

  • bang (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
  • bite the dust (idiomatic, euphemistic) To die.
  • chatter (intransitive, of teeth, machinery, etc.) To make a noise by rapid collisions.
  • check out (transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.
  • clatter (intransitive) To make a rattling sound.
  • die To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
  • do in (transitive, colloquial) To exhaust, to tire out.
  • slam (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.

bang — full definition

  1. noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
  2. verb To hit something hard, often producing a loud noise.
  3. noun In plural, a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead (chiefly US).

blow — full definition

  1. verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
  2. verb To explode or shatter suddenly, or to cause something to do so.
  3. verb (informal) To waste or squander, especially money or an opportunity.
  4. noun A hard hit or strike.
  5. noun A sudden shock or setback.

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