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See also: clapper board
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]clapperboard (plural clapperboards)
- (film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production to be able to synchronize picture and sound during editing.
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[edit]device used in film
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Verb
[edit]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.