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verb

ˈklak

Definition of clack

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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Clicking and clacking, a tiny wooden marionette lifts an apple to his mouth ad infinitum. — Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026 Babe, that clacking fan is long gone. — E.r. Pulgar, SPIN, 10 June 2026

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Inside the modest cluster of buildings, the click and clack of handlooms, operated mostly by women, blend with barnyard sounds outside. — Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2026 Meanwhile, his tactile upright stylings meet the clack of Dannie Richmond’s drums, fostering a clattering percussiveness borrowed from the blues. — Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clack

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Those memories of Keegan chasing, Keegan scoring, Keegan leading 1970s Liverpool across England and Europe to trophy upon trophy were clattered by 2026 reports of his illness and death.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Added to the mix were pottery workshops and artisan weavers, the traditional hand looms clattering away.

— Lucy Gillmore, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026

Definition of clatter

Verb

But, though the special effects are killer, what makes the show click is its suspenseful melancholy, as quiet scenes build to jolts so intense that the whole audience screamed.

— Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
But things did not click regularly enough as a team, hence the summer-long search for a new No 10-type playmaker who could provide the necessary creativity and consistency to supplement Windass’ qualities.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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