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clack definition

clack (klak)

intransitive verb

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

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

transitive verb

to cause to make a sudden, sharp sound

noun

  1. a sudden, sharp sound
  2. a device that makes such sounds
  3. chatter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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