clapperboard

See also: clapper board

English

a clapperboard

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Etymology

clapper + board

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.

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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.
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