French | English |
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laquer verbe | lacquer [lacquered, lacquering, lacquers]◼◼◼(to apply a lacquer to something) shellac [shellacked, shellacking, shellacs]◼◼◻(to coat with shellac) |
[colloquial] claquer verbe | bite the dust(to die) splash out(to spend a lot of money) |
claquer verbe | slam [slammed, slamming, slams]◼◼◼(to shut with sudden force and noise) blow [blew, blown, blowing, blows]◼◼◻(to squander) die [died, dying, dies]◼◼◻(to break down) bang◼◼◻(to make sudden loud noises) clatter [clattered, clattering, clatters]◼◼◻(To make a rattling noise) whack [whacked, whacking, whacks]◼◼◻(to hit, slap or strike) check out◼◻◻(to die) do in(to exhaust, to tire out) |
claquer nom {m} | snap [snaps]◼◼◼(quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound) |
claquer [slang] verbe | splurge [splurged, splurging, splurges]◼◼◼(to spend lavishly or extravagantly) |
claquer des doigts verbe | snap [snapped, snapping, snaps]◼◼◼(to snap one's fingers) |
claquer les doigts verbe | snap one's fingers(create a sound with one's fingers) |
gomme à claquer [Canada] nom {f} | bubblegum(chewing gum) |
plaquer verbe | plate [plated, plating, plates]◼◼◼(to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) tackle [tackled, tackling, tackles]◼◼◻(Rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground) jilt [jilted, jilting, jilts]◼◻◻(to jilt) electroplate [electroplated, electroplating, electroplates]◼◻◻(to coat an object with a thin layer of metal using electrolysis) |
slaquer ses bobettes [Quebec] verbe | get one's knickers in a twist(to become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter) |