Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which clacks; the clack of a mill; the clapper.
- noun A rattle used to frighten birds. See
clack , n., 5.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill.
- noun A claqueur. See
Claqueur .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Australia, New Zealand The anus.
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Examples
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We now have a "clacker," and if someone is dominating the discussion we jokingly use the clacker to remind her to behave.
Ask Amy washingtonpost.com 2010
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We backed off, yelled fire in the hole and squeezed the clacker.
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Sal, me, Joey and Sal's sister smoked under the bleachers, shared the beer while the game went on and the crowd made crowd noises, idiots swung toys that made loud clacker sounds, and some guy with one of those new aerosol boat horns blew everyone away.
1963, What I wanted James Lloyd Davis 2011
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We backed off, yelled fire in the hole and squeezed the clacker.
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And true to form, Mr. Salett returned from his walk-through with something to show Ms. Marrais: a jerry-rigged castanet clacker, acquired during a drop-in at producer Nick Stumpf's studio, The Love Boat.
Rocking Near the F Train Steve Dollar 2011
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Forget the tentacle rape, my childhood just took it squarely up the clacker watching that video lol
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IIRC, the CPSC has effectively banned clacker-ball toys that lack a rigid member between the pivot and each moving ball.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Errors in CNSNews.Com Story About Judge Sotomayor and the Second Amendment: 2009
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Stick you F*&KING opinions up your fat clacker and piisorrrrf and leave me the hell alone.
Cheeseburger Gothic » Man, that was like hard work or something. 2009
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SHAPIRO: When you're on tour and you have a beautifully tuned Grand, do you feel a little nostalgic for this old clacker?
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TYPE: Overhead 2-wing blade with clacker blade A clacker-style buzzbait makes more of a commotion, but due to the added resistance, you can't retrieve it as slowly, making it a poor choice for cold water.
How to Pick the Right Spinnerbait for Spring Largemouth Bass 2006
bilby commented on the word clacker
In Australia, used to mean anus.
As in: "The election this weekend? Geez, I couldn't give a rat's clacker."
November 21, 2007