clack
Americanverb (used without object)
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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.
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to talk rapidly and continually or with sharpness and abruptness; chatter.
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to cluck or cackle.
verb (used with object)
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to utter by clacking.
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to cause to clack.
He clacked the cup against the saucer.
noun
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a clacking sound.
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something that clacks, as a rattle.
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rapid, continual talk; chatter.
verb
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to make or cause to make a sound like that of two pieces of wood hitting each other
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(intr) to jabber
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a less common word for cluck
noun
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a short sharp sound
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a person or thing that produces this sound
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chatter
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Also called: clack valve. a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball
Other Word Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has clackedperfect 3rd person singular
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have clackedperfect
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am clackingprogressive 1st person singular
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are clackingprogressive
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has been clackingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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clackingparticiple
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is clackingprogressive 3rd person singular
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clackssingular 3rd person
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have been clackingperfect progressive
Past
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had clackedperfect
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were clackingprogressive plural
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had been clackingperfect progressive
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clackedsimple
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was clackingprogressive singular
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clackedparticiple
Future
Etymology
Origin of clack
1200–50; Middle English clacken; imitative
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
