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[ klak ] / klæk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR clack ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object)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. to talk rapidly and continually or with sharpness and abruptness; chatter. verb (used with object)to utter by clacking. to cause to clack: He clacked the cup against the saucer. nouna clacking sound. something that clacks, as a rattle. rapid, continual talk; chatter. Origin of clack1200–50; Middle English clacken; imitative Words nearby clackCLA, clabber, clabber cheese, clabby-doo, clachan, clack, clacker, clackers, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, clack valve Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for clackI need to get a head shot so he won't have a chance to clack himself off [blow himself up]. Meet the Man Who Killed Bin Laden|David Frum|February 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST A look at some of the craziest, funniest, and most bizarre moments with Click and Clack. ‘Car Talk’ Hosts to Retire: Best Moments With NPR’s Laughing Mechanics|Caitlin Dickson|June 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST “A Kinder, Gentler IRS” Click and Clack were all over the place in the April 11, 1998, episode of Car Talk. ‘Car Talk’ Hosts to Retire: Best Moments With NPR’s Laughing Mechanics|Caitlin Dickson|June 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST A mower began to clack in the distance, where some farmer was cutting his second crop of clover. In Pastures Green|Peter McArthur
What a buzz and clack and chatter there was in the room to be sure! The Christmas Books|William Makepeace Thackeray Notwithstanding the weather, the clack of tongues was incessant. Only yesterday he had not heard of our existence, and then—clack! Eastern Nights - and Flights|Alan Bott It had evidently seen much service, was battered, and the clack Japan worn off in most parts of it. Snarleyyow|Captain Frederick Marryat
British Dictionary definitions for clack
verbto make or cause to make a sound like that of two pieces of wood hitting each other (intr) to jabber a less common word for cluck nouna short sharp sound a person or thing that produces this sound chatter Also called: clack valve a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball Word Origin for clackC13: probably from Old Norse klaka to twitter, of imitative origin 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 Words related to clackprate, cackle, babble, cluck, rattle, gossip, yak, jaw, prattle, blab, chatter |