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Definition of clack
clacker
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Examples of clack in a Sentence
I heard her heels clacking down the hall.
He clacked his teeth together.
Recent Examples of clack from the Web
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One by one, the comments unfurled like clacking destinations on a train-departure board.
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Looking down from within the tunnel: Flashlights clack ON among the team, pointed up, seeking a sense of destination.
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Like the Metro-North Railroad trains clack-clacking across the brownstone trestle on Park Avenue in East Harlem, the neighborhood seemed to be a place on the move on a recent afternoon.
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Origin and Etymology of clack
Middle English, of imitative origin
Recent Examples of clack from the Web
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Radio broadcasts of Hawaiian slide guitars and the clacks of his mother's mah-jongg tiles supplied the soundtrack to some of his earliest memories--and inspired his final great composition eight decades later. ...
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This is an exceptionally nice plane and the Air Force One personnel are angels sent from above, but amid the clack of laptops, the mid-air calls (everyone phones their mom), and the few bathrooms available for quick changes, staff will sleep poorly.
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Fishermen hung their catch outside their homes, and every now and then there was the distinctive clack of mah-jongg tiles.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'clack'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of clack
15th century
CLACK Defined for English Language Learners
clack
playDefinition of clack for English Language Learners
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: to make or cause something to make a short sharp sound or series of short sharp sounds
CLACK Defined for Kids
Definition of clack for Students
clacked
;clacking
1 : to talk rapidly and without stopping
2 : to make or cause to make a short sharp sound … suddenly he began to shiver … I could hear his teeth clacking. — Theodore Taylor, The Cay
Definition of clack for Students
1 : rapid continuous talk The disc jockey's clack went on all morning.
2 : a sound of clacking the clack of a typewriter
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