clacker

English

Etymology 1

From clack +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

clacker (plural clackers)

1. (music) A percussion instrument that makes a clacking noise.
2. (by extension) Any device that makes a clacking noise.
   • 2020 February 3, Terry Liittschwager, “Talking of Flying”, in Terry Liittschwager's Officially Unofficial, Curiously Chaotic Website‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 February 2021, Night Freight in Spain:

     The last leg of one of our runs was Valencia to Madrid, a straight-line distance of about 93 nautical miles. A competition developed as to who could fly it in the least amount of time. For a couple of weeks, I held the record at 24 minutes, but then another captain did it in 23. One captain claimed he had done it in 22, but his flight engineer let it be known that the overspeed warning clacker had sounded during the flight. You could fly the leg however you wished, but if the overspeed warning—a distinctive loud clacking sound—went off, the run didn't count.

Derived terms

• clacker balls
• tongue clacker

 

Etymology 2

Possibly a deformation of cloaca. Alternatively of imitative origin, from the sound of farting or testicles clacking.

Alternative forms

• clacka

Noun

clacker (plural clackers)

1. (UK, US, vulgar, slang, often in the plural) A testicle.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:testicle

2. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) The anus.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:anus

Derived terms

• clackerbag

 

Anagrams

• cackler, crackle