as in clattering
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 clacking
Regardless, this detour into a genre not previously associated with clacking mandibles and righteous kills suggests the brand’s braintrust wants to diversify its portfolio a bit.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
My jaw stopped clacking and my body stopped vibrating.
—Bill Shaber, Outdoor Life, 22 Oct. 2025
To keep the cattle and other animals away, the owls will huddle together, clacking their beaks to mimic rattlesnakes, which cattle instinctively know to avoid.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
The show pays tribute to that feeling in scenes throughout, but perhaps none more than a flashback scene in the pilot that shows the Truth Teller in its prime – a newsroom brimming with reporters, typewriters clacking, a printing press running at full speed, a deadline at hand.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
The doc plunges straight into the stories that Hersh broke back in those keyboard-clacking days, beginning with his exposé on the fallout of nerve gas testing at an Army facility in Utah.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
My jaw stopped clacking and my body stopped vibrating.
—Bill Shaber, Outdoor Life, 22 Oct. 2025
To keep the cattle and other animals away, the owls will huddle together, clacking their beaks to mimic rattlesnakes, which cattle instinctively know to avoid.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
The show pays tribute to that feeling in scenes throughout, but perhaps none more than a flashback scene in the pilot that shows the Truth Teller in its prime – a newsroom brimming with reporters, typewriters clacking, a printing press running at full speed, a deadline at hand.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
The doc plunges straight into the stories that Hersh broke back in those keyboard-clacking days, beginning with his exposé on the fallout of nerve gas testing at an Army facility in Utah.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clacking
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The annual phenomenon sees millions of crimson-red crustaceans clattering across roads from their forest dwellings to the island's shores to spawn their eggs.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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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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Wolf’s voice, a bone-rattling growl, is his greatest legacy.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Lauren Petracca | Bloomberg | Getty Images A wave of layoffs is rattling corporate America.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Clacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clacking. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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