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
Goes up centre, clacks his tongue against the roof of mouth.
The English Stage | Augustin FilonNay, then, Robin-a-Green, suffer me to rest my old bones whiles thy mill clacks.
The Geste of Duke Jocelyn | Jeffery FarnolVizard heard their voices going like mill-clacks at this sacred hour, and summoned them rather roughly, as stated above.
The Woman-Hater | Charles ReadeOur long and short marches are therefore converted into long and short "click-clacks."
Autobiography of an Electron | Charles R. (Charles Robert) GibsonPardieu, it is you who keep me from sleeping, your tongue clacks so fast.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, Pere
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
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