Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

like the clappers

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables: like the -clap-pers
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Very hard or very rapidly.

British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"After hurling their insults, they ran like the clappers to get away."
"And when it started off they first studied them, and of course they went like the clappers to prove what they could do, which was the thing they shouldn't be doing because it was a study, and of course, they've got to work like the clappers all the time once it came into operation."
"We've gone through regional and rural Australia like the clappers, and everywhere we went, irate voters shouted at us and we stuck our heads out the windows and shouted: "What?" and the electorate respected us for it."
"In fact she made quite a nice little rider — a bit rough, like these Australians always were, but quite secure in her seat and going like the clappers."

Etymology

Partridge says: "Possibly rhyming slang for 'clappers of a bell', 'hell'."

Usage

British usage
Informal

Synonyms

like the clappers of fuck like the clappers of hell

Questions

What does like the clappers mean?: Very hard or very rapidly.
Where does like the clappers come from?: Partridge says: "Possibly rhyming slang for 'clappers of a bell', 'hell'."

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