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Photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture
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clapperboard
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context film English) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A clapperboard is a device used in filmmaking and video production to assist in the synchronizing of picture and sound, and to designate and mark particular scenes and takes recorded during a production. The sharp "clap" noise that the clapperboard makes ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
clapperboard \clap"per*board`\ (kl[a^]p"p[~e]r*b[=o]rd`), n. a device which synchronizes sound and picture while making a motion picture, consisting of boards held in front of a movie camera, which are are banged together.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together
Usage examples of clapperboard.
Then the clapperboard returned with the words ``take two'' written on it.
Thus Becca - who, when I worked in publishing, gave me a worsening series of book-shaped clothes-brushes, shoehorns and hair ornaments - this year gave me a clapperboard fridge magnet.