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Alternative forms

clapper board

Etymology

From clapper +‎ board.

Noun

clapperboard (plural clapperboards)

(film) A device consisting of a board on which information about a film being recorded is noted, and a hinged piece which is brought down on the board with a clap at the start and end of each take of the film; it is used to synchronize picture and sound during editing.
Synonyms: board, clapboard, clapstick, marker, slate, slate board, sticks, sync slate

Translations

device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film

Catalan: claqueta
Chinese:
Mandarin: 場記板 / 场记板 (zh) (chǎngjìbǎn)
Czech: klapka f
Danish: klaptræ
Dutch: klapbord (nl)
Finnish: klaffi (fi)
French: clap (fr) m, claquette (fr) f
Galician: claqueta
German: Filmklappe f
Hungarian: csapó (hu)
Italian: ciac (it) m
Japanese: カチンコ (kachinko)
Norwegian: klapper
Polish: klaps (pl) m
Portuguese: claquete (pt)
Russian: хлопу́шка (ru) f (xlopúška)
Spanish: claqueta (es)
Swedish: synkronklappa
Turkish: çekim tahtasının

Verb

clapperboard (third-person singular simple present clapperboards, present participle clapperboarding, simple past and past participle clapperboarded)

To use a clapperboard, especially to clap it to start a film take.