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Traditional English :: clack
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clacker.html - v. & n. --v.intr.
1 make a sharp sound as of boards struck together.
2 chatter, esp. loudly. --n. 1 a clacking sound.
2 clacking talk. clacker n. [ME, = to chatter, prob. f. ON klaka, of imit. orig.] |
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Traditional English :: clack
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clacker.html - v. & n. --v.intr.
1 make a sharp sound as of boards struck together.
2 chatter, esp. loudly. --n. 1 a clacking sound.
2 clacking talk. clacker n. [ME, = to chatter, prob. f. ON klaka, of imit. orig.] |
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English Idioms :: claim
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clacker.html - See: STAKE A CLAIM. |
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English Idioms :: claim check
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clacker.html - {n.} A ticket needed to get back something. * /The man at the parking lot gave Mrs. Collins a claim check./ * /The boy put the dry cleaning claim check in his billfold./ * /The man told Mary the pictures would be ready Friday and gave her a claim check./ |
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English Idioms :: clam up
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clacker.html - {v.}, {slang} To refuse to say anything more; stop talking. * /The suspect clammed up, and the police could get no more information out of him./ |
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English Idioms :: clamp down
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clacker.html - {v.}, {informal} To put on strict controls; enforce rules or laws. * /After the explosion, police clamped down and let no more visitors inside the monument./ * /The school clamped down on smoking./ * /When the crowds became bigger and wilder, the police clamped down on them and made everyone go home./ |
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