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verb

ˈklak

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as in to clatter

to make a series of short sharp noises her teeth clacked because she was freezing while waiting for the bus

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Recent Examples of clack

Verb

In general, bears show agitation by swaying their heads, huffing, and clacking their teeth. —

ABC News, 28 May 2026 The shuffling, click-clacking rhythms, twangy basslines, and pearly synths of my parents’ home country have only sounded better with time. —

Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 18 May 2026

Noun

The click-clack, click-clack of a mill that operated around the clock would serve as either a constant nuisance or soothing white noise, depending on one’s disposition. —

Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026 Eavesdrop on conversations with Rohmer and Jacques Rivette in the Cahiers office, the clack of dueling typewriters soundtracking the camaraderie, and play voyeur as everyone’s hero Roberto Rosselini stops by to address the troops and pocket finger sandwiches on the way out. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for clack

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Verb

Many people watching the game on TV were surprised, since replays seemed to suggest Freuler had been offside before being clattered by Abunada.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Below them, clattering on a dozen parallel tracks, the trains were coming and going, arriving and departing, thundering underground.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026