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Recent Examples of clack
Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
The sprinkling of gold dotting throughout highlights the importance of gold jewelry in clack culture.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025
Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 12 June 2025
The young Jedi rushed down the stairs, leaping down two at a time, becoming increasingly certain that something was chasing her, its sharp claws clacking behind her at exactly the same moments as her own footsteps.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 May 2025
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Verb
There are mechanical keyboards engineered to mimic the clack of an IBM Selectric.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
The sprinkling of gold dotting throughout highlights the importance of gold jewelry in clack culture.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
Aidan breaks some irreplaceable antique glass, and a neighbor complains about Carrie’s Manolos clacking on the parquet floor.
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 12 June 2025
The young Jedi rushed down the stairs, leaping down two at a time, becoming increasingly certain that something was chasing her, its sharp claws clacking behind her at exactly the same moments as her own footsteps.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clack
Verb
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There are up to 20,000 rabid people raining down their emotions from all angles, a dozen sticks clattering, two dozen skates carving, all those burly bodies bumping into each other and banging into the boards, plus an endless stream of screaming and grunting and cursing.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Andy clattered up the hill through the brush and pulled to a halt.—
Bob Cary,
Outdoor Life,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Turner would try to rattle Simons at practices, just to test him.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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And, that there was a goblin, squatting in my skull, rattling a metal pail full of bolts and hissing failure, rot, spoil.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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For tickets and more information, click here.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Irish don’t have like-for-like replacements for Craig or Rubio, which leaves Freeman scrambling to stabilize an offensive line yet to click and a defensive interior that has tried to use quantity to make up for a lack of quality.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Clack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clack. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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