claquer

• IPA^(key): /kla.ke/

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From Middle French claquer, from Old French claquer, clacquer (“to clack, clap, clatter”), from Middle Dutch klacken (“to clack, crack, whack, shake”), from Old Dutch *klakon, from Proto-Germanic *klakōną (“to clap, chirp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glag- (“to make a noise, clatter, chirp”).

claquer

1. (intransitive) to clack (make a sharp sound)
2. (of hands) to clap

   claquer des mains

   clap one's hands

   claquer les acrobates

   clap the acrobats

3. (intransitive, of fingers) to click, to snap

   faire claquer ses doigts

   to click one's fingers

4. (intransitive, of a whip) to crack

   faire claquer un fouet

   to crack a whip

5. (intransitive, of a flag) to flap
6. (intransitive, of teeth) to chatter
   • 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné

     Je me levai ; mes dents claquaient, mes mains tremblaient et ne savaient où trouver mes vêtements, mes jambes étaient faibles.

     I got up; my teeth were chattering, my hands shaking, not knowing where to find my clothes, my legs were weak,

7. (intransitive, of gunshots) to rattle
8. (intransitive, of shutters) to rattle
9. (intransitive) to click (to make a click sound with the mouth)
10. (transitive) to slap (hit with the hand)
11. (transitive) to slam (a door)

    J'ai claqué la porte au nez de mon voisin.

    I slammed the door in my neighbour's face.

12. (reflexive) to snap

    se claquer un muscle

    to snap a muscle

13. (informal) to squander, to dissipate, to splurge
    • 2018 July 6, Elh Kmer (lyrics), “Bonaparte”, in Antidote:

      J’suis dans l'hood, j’bicrave de l’OG Kush et c’est normal
      500€, claqués dans mes souliers c'est normal

      I am in the hood, I slang the OG Kush and this is normal
      500€, blowed in my creps, this is normal

From claque

claquer

1. to sole a shoe (clarification of this definition is needed)

• “claquer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).