LIKE THE CLAPPERS

Meaning of LIKE THE CLAPPERS in English

( BrE , informal ) extremely fast :

to run / ride / drive like the clappers

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

LIKE THE CLAPPERS — adv BrE infml 1) He ran like the clappers to escape from the police — Он бежал со всех ног, чтобы оторваться …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
LIKE THE CLAPPERS — adv BrE infml 1) He ran like the clappers to escape from the police — Он бежал со всех ног, …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
LIKE THE CLAPPERS — clappers, like the adv BrE infml 1. He ran like the clappers to escape from the police Он бежал со …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
LIKE THE CLAPPERS — 1) He ran like the clappers to escape from the police — Он бежал со всех ног, чтобы оторваться от …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
LIKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLAPPERS — County: Northumberland Post Code: TD15
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
LIKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLAPPERS — [plural] [noun] [UK] [informal] - like the clappers extremely fastYou'll have to run like the clappers if you want to …
Cambridge English vocab
CLAPPERS — Synonyms and related words : battery, bells, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, gamelan, glockenspiel, gong, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
CLAPPERS — n pl (mil sl) яички
Dirty English-Russian vocab
CLAPPERS — scrapple
Anagrams English vocabulary
LIKE — I verb 1 BAD : What he likes to know is how much it will cost. GOOD : What he …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn : similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный like sum like …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — like.ogg _I 1. laık n 1> чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIKE — _I 1. laık n 1) чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого человека, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn: similar , resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный - like dispositions …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn: similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный - like dispositions - like sum Syn: equal, identical 3) разг. возможный; вероятный •• like father …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LIKE — _I 1. _a. 1> похожий, подобный; like question - подобный вопрос; in (a) like manner - подобным образом; it's just …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LIKE — I 1. a. 1. похожий, подобный; like question - подобный вопрос; in (a) like manner - подобным образом; it's just …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LIKE — _I laɪk 1. _a. 1> похожий, подобный; like question подобный вопрос; in (a) like manner подобным образом; it's just like …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
LIKE
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
LIKE
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
LIKE
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
LIKE
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn : similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный like sum like …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE THE CLAPPERS BRIT. — like the clappers Brit. informal very fast or hard. → clapper
Concise Oxford English vocab
S
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OUT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GO
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DO
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUTTERFLY VALVE — noun Date: 1846 a valve consisting of two semicircular clappers hinged to a cross rib that permits fluid flow in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLAPPER — I. ˈklapə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English clapper, clepper, from clappen, cleppen to clap + -er 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BONE — I. ˈbōn noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English boon, bon, from Old English bān; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY VALVE — noun Etymology: so called from the winglike clappers 1. : a double clack valve (as in a lift-pump piston) consisting …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT — any musical instrument, among the oldest known, that may be classified in one of two main categories: idiophones, which emit …
Britannica English vocabulary
CLAPPER — musical instrument consisting of pieces of wood, bone, metal, or other sonorous substance either held in both hands or, fastened …
Britannica English vocabulary
CARILLON — musical instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze bells in fixed suspension, tuned in chromatic order (i.e., in half …
Britannica English vocabulary
BELL CHIME — (from medieval Latin cymbala: "bells"), set of stationary bells tuned in a musical series, traditionally in diatonic sequence (seven-note scale) …
Britannica English vocabulary
YOUR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RUN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIGHT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OPEN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a competition is open to sb (= used to say who can enter a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OFF
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NO
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cigarette lighter (= something that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

← CLAPPER CLAPPERBOARD→