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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

clack Synonyms

clack

v.

  1. To talk heedlessly

    chatter, clatter, rattle, prate; see babble.

  2. To make a rattling noise

    clatter, click, rattle, clap; see sound 1.

clack Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • typewriter: Nobody uttered a sentence that didn't have the hollow clack of a typewriter trying too hard echoing behind it.

Object

  • sound: The keyboard was firm and felt sturdy รข even if it did make an unattractive clacking sound as we typed.
  • noise: The clacking noise made when seeking seems a lot less objectionable.

Modifies a noun

  • caterpillar: SO BB and I played click clack caterpillar, funky footprints, chase and read some of her books.
  • valve: June 11 2005 On each side the the clack valve pipework has had to be extended.

Noun used with modifier

  • click: In the cockpit the now familiar click clack sound of the gear stick shaft moving through the exposed metal gate.
  • feed: The feed clack valves below the boiler give trouble by leaking.
clack Quotes

The curse of hell upon the sleek upstart That got the Captain finally on his back And took the red red vitals of his heart And made the kites to whet their beaks clack clack.

—Ransom,John Crowe

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