"clapperboard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: clapperboards [plural]
Etymology: From clapper + board. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|clapper|board}} clapper + board Head templates: {{en-noun}} clapperboard (plural clapperboards)
  1. (film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production to be able to synchronize picture and sound during editing. Categories (topical): Film Synonyms: clapboard [film, television, broadcasting, media], clapstick [film, television, broadcasting, media], slate [film, television, broadcasting, media], slate board [film, television, broadcasting, media], sync slate [film, television, broadcasting, media], sticks [film, television, broadcasting, media], board [film, television, broadcasting, media], marker [film, television, broadcasting, media] Translations (device used in film): claqueta (Catalan), 場記板 (Chinese Mandarin), 场记板 (chǎngjìbǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), klapka [feminine] (Czech), klaptræ (Danish), klapbord (Dutch), klaffi (Finnish), clap [masculine] (French), claquette [feminine] (French), Filmklappe [feminine] (German), csapó (Hungarian), ciac [masculine] (Italian), カチンコ (kachinko) (Japanese), klapper (Norwegian), klaps [masculine] (Polish), claquete (Portuguese), хлопу́шка (xlopúška) [feminine] (Russian), claqueta (Spanish), synkronklappa (Swedish), çekim tahtasının (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clapper board

Verb

Forms: clapperboards [present, singular, third-person], clapperboarding [participle, present], clapperboarded [participle, past], clapperboarded [past]
Etymology: From clapper + board. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|clapper|board}} clapper + board Head templates: {{en-verb}} clapperboard (third-person singular simple present clapperboards, present participle clapperboarding, simple past and past participle clapperboarded)
  1. To use a clapperboard, especially to clap it to start a film take.
    Sense id: en-clapperboard-en-verb-qfThQDU9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clapper board

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "clapper",
        "3": "board"
      },
      "expansion": "clapper + board",
      "name": "compound"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From clapper + board.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clapperboards",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "clapperboarding",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "clapperboarded",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "clapperboarded",
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "clapperboard (third-person singular simple present clapperboards, present participle clapperboarding, simple past and past participle clapperboarded)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To use a clapperboard, especially to clap it to start a film take."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "clapper board"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "clapperboard"
  ],
  "word": "clapperboard"
}

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