clack

verb

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\ ˈklak

clacked; clacking; clacks

Definition of clack

(Entry 1 of 2)

intransitive verb

1 : chatter, prattle

2 : to make an abrupt striking sound or series of sounds

3 of fowl : cackle, cluck

transitive verb

1 : to cause to make a clatter

2 : to produce with a chattering sound specifically : blab

clack

noun

Definition of clack (Entry 2 of 2)

1a : rapid continuous talk : chatter

b : tongue

2 archaic : an object (such as a valve) that produces clapping or rattling noises usually in regular rapid sequence

3 : a sound of clacking the clack of a typewriter

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Synonyms for clack

Synonyms: Verb

clatter,
rattle

Examples of clack in a Sentence

Verb I heard her heels clacking down the hall. He clacked his teeth together.

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Some species will sashay and shimmy and shriek; others are more muted, satisfied to simply bow and nod, and click and clack their beaks together. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2021 Typewriters still clack, and cigarettes (lots of cigarettes) get smoked. — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2021 After losing its bricks-and-mortar shop in the pandemic, Empanology may have found a forever home in the backyard of the Bronx Brewery in Mott Haven, under the tracks where freight trains and Acela coaches clack along regularly. — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2021 The keys once again make a joyful click and clack with each press. — Michael Andronico, CNN Underscored, 1 Apr. 2021 Remember when a person would clack fresh pepper over your bowl of dish? — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 1 July 2020 Plus, the mechanical shifter protruding from the dashboard clacks inexpensively. — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2020 My hourlong train ride to the office in San Francisco offers a good routine: biking to the station, time for uninterrupted thought and email while the wheels and rails clack in rhythm, and a brisk walk to the office. — David Kopp, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2020 There’s another wall of trees ahead, a tight window on the far side, beyond which everything is obscured, a rat’s nest of clacking timber. — Carson Vaughan, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Who wouldn't want to wear a cool hat, toot the whistle and clickety-clack down the tracks? — Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021 At Highland Park Public Library, the celebration of Halloween was set to the rhythm of the rails and the clickety clack of a train rumbling along the track of the Halloween Railroad. — Gina Grillo, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2021 Tactile switches, commonly brown, provide a small bump and subdued clack to confirm registered keystrokes. — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2021 But there's also the unmistakable rhythmic sway and clickety-clack of being on a railroad. — Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021 The capture button on your phone’s camera app still makes the mechanical clack of a physical shutter. — Meghan O'gieblyn, Wired, 16 June 2021 Juls bathes their voices in resonant bass and click-clack drumming; guitars scoot forward hesitantly and then retreat, like a dancer afraid of commitment. — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2021 The Commodores will compete in a game-like setting for the first half and likely play during a running clack in the second half. — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 17 Apr. 2021 There’s a couple of things: one is the clickety-clack going up, with the safety locks. — Caroline Spivack, Curbed, 9 Apr. 2021

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