clackers

American  

[klak-erz] / ˈklæk ərz /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. any of various percussion toys consisting of balls or blocks joined by a cord.

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Etymology

Origin of clackers

1630–40, for an earlier sense; clack + -er ¹ + -s ³

Example Sentences

The 61-year-old told how his father Keith won tickets to the 1966 final in a raffle and, although he was "only a nipper", he remembers the "noise and clackers" of the clash.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2022

On Princess Cruises, travelers party inside with clackers, hats, streamers, Champagne and a balloon drop at midnight.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2018

The Gallaghers' mother, Peggy, seems to think Oasis will eventually reunite: "They love each other," she said, just as she might have done 35 years ago, when Liam threw Noel's clackers over the garden fence.

From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2014

The rear was brought up by a swarm of lovable little Mugwumps, ringing cowbells and whirling clackers.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were a medicine man’s paraphernalia, laid beside the painted gourd rattles and deer-hoof clackers of the ceremony.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko