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Meaning of "clapperboy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLAPPERBOY

clapperboy  [ˈklæpəˌbɔɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLAPPERBOY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clapperboy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CLAPPERBOY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of clapperboy in the English dictionary

The definition of clapperboy in the dictionary is a boy who operates a clapper.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLAPPERBOY


attaboy
ˈætəˌbɔɪ
B-boy
ˈbiːˌbɔɪ
batboy
ˈbætˌbɔɪ
beachboy
ˈbiːtʃˌbɔɪ
billyboy
ˈbɪlɪˌbɔɪ
carboy
ˈkɑːˌbɔɪ
choirboy
ˈkwaɪəˌbɔɪ
cowboy
ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ
deadboy
ˈdɛdˌbɔɪ
fanboy
ˈfænˌbɔɪ
homeboy
ˈhəʊmˌbɔɪ
houseboy
ˈhaʊsˌbɔɪ
ladyboy
ˈleɪdɪˌbɔɪ
maccoboy
ˈmækəˌbɔɪ
newsboy
ˈnjuːzˌbɔɪ
paperboy
ˈpeɪpəˌbɔɪ
playboy
ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ
schoolboy
ˈskuːlˌbɔɪ
sonobuoy
ˈsəʊnəˌbɔɪ
tomboy
ˈtɒmˌbɔɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLAPPERBOY

clap hold of
clap on
clap-net
clapboard
clapbread
Clapham Sect
clapometer
clapped
clapped out
clapped-out
clapper
clapper bridge
clapperboard
clapperclaw
clapperclawer
clapping
clappy-doo
Clapton
claptrap
claptrappery

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLAPPERBOY

altar boy
baby boy
birthday boy
black boy
boy
bus boy
cabin boy
drummer boy
errand boy
fair-haired boy
golden boy
messenger boy
old boy
pretty boy
rent boy
shepherd boy
teddy boy
the boy
whipping boy
white-haired boy

Synonyms and antonyms of clapperboy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «clapperboy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLAPPERBOY

Find out the translation of clapperboy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clapperboy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clapperboy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

clapperboy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

clapperboy
570 millions of speakers

English

clapperboy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

clapperboy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

clapperboy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

clapperboy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

clapperboy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

clapperboy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clapperboy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Clapperboy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

clapperboy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

clapperboy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

clapperboy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Clapperboy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

clapperboy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

clapperboy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्लॅपरबॉय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

clapperboy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clapperboy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

clapperboy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

clapperboy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clapperboy
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

clapperboy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

clapperboy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

clapperboy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

clapperboy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clapperboy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLAPPERBOY»

The term «clapperboy» is barely ever used and occupies the 204.671 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLAPPERBOY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «clapperboy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «clapperboy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clapperboy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLAPPERBOY»

Discover the use of clapperboy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clapperboy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Penny the Star
Take 3,' said the clapperboy, slamming the clapperboard's top down again. 'Why you little ...'said the clapperboard as the clapperboy laid him down again. rick took two steps onto the set. 'Cut!' cried Mr Wolf. The clapperboy brought the ...
Eileen O'Hely, 2007
2
Tullio Pericoli: Woody, Freud and Others
Let's pretend this is a film studio with a cameraman, a clapperboy, lighting technicians and set builders. Then imagine the actors waiting in the wings. The first thing we need of course is a director, but we can draw him too." He took some paper ...
Tullio Pericoli, 1989
3
A Life Through the Lens: Memoirs of a Film Cameraman
The guys were saying that "ymmg John" had been called up, and so such-and- such a film had lost their clapperboy. My ears pricked up. I thought I'd pop over the next day, Saturday, knowing they always worked, and have a word. I knocked on ...
Alan Hume, Gareth Owen, 2004
4
The Secret Rapture and Other Plays
... acting expanding alarmingly.) Mehta Yousay that? Elaine Yes! I've lived by it! At once from the darkness, great cries. Angelis Lights! Boom Operator Sound! Sound RecordistSpeed! Angelis Turn over! Cameraman Rolling! Clapperboy Mark it ...
David Hare, 2007
5
The Art of Self-Deception
Jonah, in his early thirties, became his favorite from his time as clapperboy. A good-looking, lithe, affable High School graduate from East L.A., a black director befriended his 'brother', getting him a runner's job on a small film. He was a natural ...
William Kronick, 2011
6
City of Angels
werner krieger, an actor Keith Perry stand-in Carolee Carmello CINEMATOGRAPHER Alvin Lum prop man Evan Thompson GENE, an assistant director Tom Galantich BUDDY'S nephew James Hindman soundman James Cahill clapperBoy ...
Cy Coleman, 1990
7
The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews, 1971-2000
... letter to the editor came in, I not only feared for my job; I felt like a starstruck clapperboy who has just been terminated by Arnold Schwarzenegger (see below ). In those days, fortunately, allTLSreviews were unsigned. * What I did was: I read ...
Martin Amis, 2010
8
Destiny Of Nathalie X
I see he's D.P. and clapperboy and director. Hecalls outinto the darkness and this sensationallooking girl walks intothe pizzeria terracething. She sits down and orders abeerand they just keep filming. After abouttwo minutes the sound man ...
William Boyd, 2013
9
Voices in the Dark: Interviews with Horror Writers, ...
But in the first three years I worked through everything: editing, camera, clapperboy, cleaning the mag- netic tapes and being on the dubbing stage, all kinds of stuff. But it's terribly important for a young kid to, at first hand, learn all that or ...
Paul Kane, Marie O'Regan, 2010
10
EMINENT INDIANS: FILM PERSONALITIES
Thus, Rajstarted his career as the sixth or seventh assistant, trolleypuller, clapperboy, somewhere in the laboratory picking up odd shots and in the editing department learningthe use of gamma plus (the solution used for editing) that gavehim ...
M.L. Ahuja

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLAPPERBOY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clapperboy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Book review: The World Is Ever Changing, By Nicolas Roeg
In a career that spans half a century from his debut as a clapperboy for British MGM in 1950 to the present, his romantic and sometimes brutal ... «The Independent, Jul 13»
2
Nicolas Roeg interview: 'I hate the term “sex scene”'
Impressively, Roeg's career spans half a century from his start as a clapperboy for MGM in 1950 and camera operator for such unlikely films as ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Clapperboy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/clapperboy>. May 2024 ».
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