clickety-clack
[ klik-i-tee-klak ]
noun
a rhythmic, swiftly paced succession of alternating clicks and clacks, as the sound produced by the wheels of a train moving over tracks.
Origin of clickety-clack
1- Also called click·e·ty-click [klik-i-tee-klik]. /ˈklɪk ɪ tiˈklɪk/.
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How to use clickety-clack in a sentence
We were under high nervous tension, which the rhythmic clickety-click of the car-wheels could not immediately soothe.
Neighbours | Robert SteadHis very temples throbbed with the clickety-click of the train.
We Can't Have Everything | Rupert HughesIt is just like a telegraph instrument, with its insistant clickety click-click-click, only it is a hundred times as loud.
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