Clackers may refer to:
- Clackers, a 1970s toy
- A term for editorial staff at the fictional fashion magazine in the novel The Devil Wears Prada
- A term for computer operators in the novel The Difference Engine .
- Clackers cereal, a type of cereal made by General Mills
- A Clapboard (film), used in film production that "clacks" when identifying scene and take information.
- A term for testicles.
- A nickname for a handheld switch used to trigger command detonated explosives.
Clackers were toys popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They consisted of two plastic spheres suspended on string which, when swung up and down, bang against each other, making a clacking sound. Clackers are similar in appearance to bolas, the Argentine weapon.
The Devil Wears Prada is a 2003 best-selling novel by Lauren Weisberger about a young woman who is hired as a personal assistant to a powerful fashion magazine editor, a job that becomes nightmarish as she struggles to keep up with her boss's grueling schedule and demeaning demands. It spent six months on the New York Times bestseller list and became the basis for the 2006 film of the same name, starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Emily Blunt. The novel is considered by many to be an example of the "chick lit" genre.
The Difference Engine (1990) is an alternative history novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It is widely regarded as a book that helped establish the genre conventions of steampunk.
