clickety-clack
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of clickety-clack
First recorded in 1875–80; metrical compound from click 1, clack
Example Sentences
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“It seems like a pretty cool thing. I mean, the clickety-clack, clickety-clack, there’s no better way to get around, in my opinion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
And produce the satisfying clickety-clack of real writing.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2015
Our narrator, a Frenchman, sits with his family in the pews of Notre Dame mourning his grandfather when the clickety-clack of high heels disturbs the still air.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012
How long would it be before these kids retreated into the dense clickety-clack äppärät world of their absorbed mothers and missing fathers?
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 7, 2010
A few moments later, the computer keys began their soft clickety-clack, clickety-clack.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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