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单词 clacking
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clackingn.

/ˈklakɪŋ/
Etymology: < clack v.1 and adv. + -ing suffix1.
The action of clack v.1:
a. the making of a sharp, hard noise.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > knack or clack
knackingc1380
clacking1565
knack1565
clack1598
clack-clack1849
1565–78 T. Cooper Thesaurus Closmus, a clacking with the tongue to cheare a horse.
c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 393 The clacking of their Culverins and Pistols.
1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster II. x. 116 Clacking of pattens.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. ix. 479 A common Mill..its clacking audible upon the common Stream.
b. Chatter of tongues; noisy talk.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chattering
chaveling?c1225
janglingc1330
jangleryc1374
tatteringc1380
ganglinga1387
clatteringc1400
babbling?c1430
languetingc1450
pratinga1470
cackling1530
prattling1530
tattling1547
gaggling1548
clicketing1575
twattling1577
clacking1594
gabbling1599
blattering1604
snuttering1693
futileness1727
rattling1753
gabbering1798
magginga1800
yaffing1815
deblateration1817
tattlement1837
nattering1859
spieling1859
yattering1859
chatteration1862
quiddling1870
windjamming1886
waffling1958
motormouthing1981
1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 118 When they adde to their clacking euill speech and backebiting.
1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie i. xix. 107 To wearie the World with this foolish clacking.
1863 B. Taylor Hannah Thurston i. 19 Again the clacking of tongues rose high and shrill.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

clackingadj.

Etymology: -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclacking.
That clacks.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [adjective] > knack or clack
knacking1496
clacking1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Clac,..any thing that makes a clacking or clattering noise.
1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 384 A brook..hurries away to a clacking mill.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 278 The clacking loom..still did stand.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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