clack
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.
to talk rapidly and continually or with sharpness and abruptness; chatter.
to cluck or cackle.
to utter by clacking.
to cause to clack: He clacked the cup against the saucer.
a clacking sound.
something that clacks, as a rattle.
rapid, continual talk; chatter.
Origin of clack
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How to use clack in a sentence
The wires were clacking, the phones ringing, and you had an inside line to the great matters of the day.
Behind ‘The Good Girls Revolt’: The ‘Newsweek’ Lawsuit That Paved the Way for Women Writers | Jessica Bennett, Jesse Ellison | September 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA huge 35mm film projector, click-clacking in our midst, shines a red rectangle onto a screen.
Malika winced at the sound of her own heels clacking on the sidewalk.
Another conservative banishee to hear the sound of accumulating oyster shells clacking around his feet was Bruce Bartlett.
We heard the note of a dull war drum beating the clacking of their rattles and the shrill notes of their war whistles.
The Way of a Man | Emerson Hough
There would be clacking tongues in many a Parisian salon, and white faces in some, when news should come of his escape.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellAnd these speak an outland speech, clacking in their throats, hissing their s's, and laughing 'Ho!
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) CrockettI halted behind a waste-barrel by the iron fence and forgot the soughing pines and clacking guineas.
Roof and Meadow | Dallas Lore SharpThis clacking and snivelling is enough to kill a well man, let alone one lying on the edge of his grave.
Hans Brinker | Mary Mapes Dodge
British Dictionary definitions for clack
/ (klæk) /
to make or cause to make a sound like that of two pieces of wood hitting each other
(intr) to jabber
a less common word for cluck
a short sharp sound
a person or thing that produces this sound
chatter
Also called: clack valve a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball
Origin of clack
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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