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verb (used without object)
1.
to make a quick, sharp sound, or a succession of such sounds, as by striking or cracking: The loom clacked busily under her expert hands.
2.
to talk rapidly and continually or with sharpness and abruptness; chatter.
3.
to cluck or cackle.
verb (used with object)
4.
to utter by clacking.
5.
to cause to clack: He clacked the cup against the saucer.
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noun
6.
a clacking sound.
7.
something that clacks, as a rattle.
8.
rapid, continual talk; chatter.
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English clacken; imitative
1200–50; Middle English clacken; imitative
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World English Dictionary
| clack (klæk) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or cause to make a sound like that of two pieces of wood hitting each other |
| 2. | (intr) to jabber |
| 3. | a less common word for cluck |
| —n | |
| 4. | a short sharp sound |
| 5. | a person or thing that produces this sound |
| 6. | chatter |
| 7. | Also called: clack valve a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball |
| [C13: probably from Old Norse klaka to twitter, of imitative origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
clack
mid-13c., from O.N. klaka "to chatter," of echoic origin.
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