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clickety-clack

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click⋅e⋅ty-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.
Also called click⋅e⋅ty-click [klik-i-tee-klik] .


Origin:
1875–80; metrical compound from click 1 , clack
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clickety-clack

noun
a fast and rhythmic click-clack; "the clickety-clack of the typewriters" 
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