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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024clack /klæk/USA pronunciation v. - to make a quick sharp sound, as by striking or cracking: [no object]I could hear her high heels clacking on the marble floor.[~ + object]She clacked the pieces of the toy together.
n. [countable] - a clacking sound.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024clack (klak),USA pronunciation v.i. - 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. - to cluck or cackle.
v.t. - to utter by clacking.
- to cause to clack:He clacked the cup against the saucer.
n. - a clacking sound.
- something that clacks, as a rattle.
- rapid, continual talk;
chatter.
- 1200–50; Middle English clacken; imitative
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: clack /klæk/ vb - to make or cause to make a sound like that of two pieces of wood hitting each other
- (intransitive) to jabber
n - a short sharp sound
- chatter
- Also called: clack valve a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball
Etymology: 13th Century: probably from Old Norse klaka to twitter, of imitative origin |