clappement (klap-mān), n.m., clacking, smacking (of the tongue against the palate).

clapper, v.n., to clack, to smack.

claque, n.f., flap, slap, smack; claque (paid clappers at theaters). pl., clogs, galoches. Chapeau à —; cocked hat. Face à —s; sneering face, i.e., which you would like to slap.

claque, n.m., opera hat, crush hat.

claquebois, n.m., (mus.) musical sticks.

claquedent, n.m., (l.u.) poor half-starved wretch, beggar; boaster.

claquement (klak-mān), n.m., clapping, clap; snapping (of the fingers); cracking (of whips); chattering (of the teeth).

claquemurer, v.a., to immure, to coop up, shut up, confine, imprison.

se claquemurer, v.r., to shut one’s self up.

*claque-oreille, n.m.,(—-—s) (pop.) flop hat, slouch hat.