clopen

Applies to a door where it is half open and half closed. In order to maintain sufficient airflow in an un-air conditioned room or under-air conditioned room, while still maintaining some level of privacy.

Hey leave that door clopen it's warm in here.

by Dont Hoff me bro August 18, 2010

clopen

Not quite closed and not quite open. The act of opening a can of coke as if not to completely break open the seal, but just enough so that the coke can be sucked out. Leaving at the end, an empty can of coke that looks unopened.

hey are you going to clopen that?

by syper January 19, 2006

clopen

A closed technology format that uses open standards.

Egglepple and Apple, Inc. both make clopen technologies that are licensable. Egglepple has the fun:fone, and Apple has the iPhone.

by Big Macintosh February 1, 2011

clopen

clopen: an open sign that is kept on after the business has closed for the day. Generally, this is an indication that the business is desperate and has no regard for customers.

Is the mexican restaurant open at this hour? No, it's clopen.

by CogNito April 23, 2009

clopen

When you go in to work for the OPENING shift; having a select amount if time to preform the neccessary tasks required to open for business & be able to serve the customers... only to find that when you arrive for work, the Person or Persons who CLOSED the business the previous night did Not complete their tasks; therefore leaving the Person in the Opening position having to scramble to do Both the Closing AND the opening duties in the same selected amount of time as it would normally take to do just the Opening duties. (This term could refer to Any form of business but is Primarily used to refer to a Restaurant)

Open Close Time frame Scramble Restaurant Hustle "it was a rough morning; Stacy didn't finish her work last night so I had to Clopen"......"I'll have to really hustle this morning. The Tables are filthy and I still have to make the gravy. If I knew I was going to have to Clopen, I would have come to work earlier this morning"

by 1 Kool Nana June 5, 2010

Clopening

Clopening is what one does when an erratic work schedule requires that one works until closing time on a given day, and then that they open on the next day. Variations include "Clopen," "Clopener," etc.

Andy: "Man, babe. I really hate my work schedule. They have me closing tonight, and then I open tomorrow. I'll never get any sleep."

Brenz: "Yup, they have you working a Clopening shift!"

by MadFocus November 21, 2012

clopening

When a singular individual closes the store, and opens it the following morning.

Will skimped on the closing notes, since he was clopening.

by gobbledygook May 17, 2008