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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

like the clappers

Darryl was driving his Swift he was going like the clappers
Good one Darryl 👍🏽
like the clappers by Terry222 July 31, 2017
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026