单词 | clacking |
释义 | clackingn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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). < n.1565adj.1611 |
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