Claquer - Expressions
The verb claquer literally means to slap or to bang. It is also used in a number of idiomatic expressions which must be memorized.
| claquer | to bang | |
| to slam (door) | ||
| to crack (whip) | ||
| to slap | ||
| (inf) | to exhaust, tire out | |
| (fam) | to die, kick the bucket | |
| (fam) | to conk out, stop working | |
| (fam) | to spend/blow money | |
| claquer des doigts | to click/snap one's fingers | |
| claquer des talons | to click one's heels | |
| claquer du bec | (fam) | to be famished |
| claquer des dents | to be chattering one's teeth | |
| faire claquer sa langue | to click one's tongue | |
| se claquer un muscle | (inf) | to pull a muscle |
| une claque | slap | |
| prendre une claque à qqchose | (fig) | to get a slap in the face from something |
| Il en a sa claque | (inf) | He's fed up; He's dead on his feet. |
| une claque | opera hat | |
| un claque | (fam) | brothel |
| le claquage | pulling/straining of a muscle | |
| claquant | (inf) | exhausting |
| claqué | (inf) | bushed, tired, beat |
| le claquement | banging, slamming, clicking | |
| la claquette | tap-dancing; clapperboard | |
| un claquoir | clapper | |
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