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going like the clappers

to be running to or from something very very fast
his podgy little legs were going like the clappers

going like the clappers

anything which appears to be going fast or repetitvly.
from either the loose hammers inside churchbells, or an old shrove tuesday custom involving begging by clapping stones together
going like the clappers
running like the clappers

Pray like the clappers 

Praying furiously fast and with great earnestness. An Australian expression. In Australia, clappers were bird scarers that ran around like mad things.
My mate had to be rushed to the hospital this morning. Pray like the clappers for him!

Go like the clappers 

A person usually a lady who is an epic shag for reasons unknown
Posh girls have good manners, but they go like the clappers because they never got to hang around with boys at school

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
Word of the Day on May 25, 2026

Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
Word of the Day on May 24, 2026