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(klak)

intransitive verb

to make a sudden, sharp sound, as by striking two hard substances together
to talk fast, foolishly, etc.; chatter
to cluck or cackle

Origin: ME clacken, prob. < ON klaka, to chatter; of echoic orig.

transitive verb

to cause to make a sudden, sharp sound

noun

a sudden, sharp sound
a device that makes such sounds
chatter

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verb clacked, clack·ing, clacks

verb, intransitive

To make an abrupt, sharp sound, as in the collision of two hard surfaces.
To chatter thoughtlessly or at length.
To cackle or cluck, as a hen.

verb, transitive

To cause to make an abrupt, sharp sound.

noun

A clacking sound: the clack of an old-fashioned typewriter.
Something that makes a clacking sound.
Thoughtless, prolonged talk; chatter.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English clakken

Origin: , from Old Norse klaka

Origin: , of imitative origin

Related Forms:

clackˈer noun

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