# like the clappers

> English word · Prep_phrase

## Definitions
1. Very hard or very rapidly.

## Etymology
Partridge says: "Possibly rhyming slang for 'clappers of a bell', 'hell'."

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/like-the-clappers