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clack

[ klak ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to make a quick, sharp sound, or a succession of such sounds, as by striking or cracking:

    The loom clacked busily under her expert hands.

  2. to talk rapidly and continually or with sharpness and abruptness; chatter.
  3. to cluck or cackle.


verb (used with object)

  1. to utter by clacking.
  2. to cause to clack:

    He clacked the cup against the saucer.

noun

  1. a clacking sound.
  2. something that clacks, as a rattle.
  3. rapid, continual talk; chatter.

clack

/ æ /

verb

  1. to make or cause to make a sound like that of two pieces of wood hitting each other
  2. intr to jabber
  3. a less common word for cluck
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a short sharp sound
  2. a person or thing that produces this sound
  3. chatter
  4. Also calledclack valve a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of clack1

1200–50; Middle English clacken; imitative
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of clack1

C13: probably from Old Norse klaka to twitter, of imitative origin
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To be completely fair, if Perkins sought out to make a film that was brutal for brutality’s sake, I might not even be sitting here, clacking away on my keyboard.

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Hazel’s giant tail keeps harassing him and she clacks her teeth, shakes as if frozen in front of an oncoming car, and makes more “nuts” puns than you might expect.

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She's easily flattened into a heavily painted cartoon with eyelash extensions and clacking acrylic nails.

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To keep the audience on its toes, some scene changes are punctuated by blinding lights and obnoxiously loud flashbulb clacks.

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Slowly, at first, pivoting on the balls of his feet, his felt shoes made a metallic clack on the stone floor—an unfamiliar sound to me.

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