clack

American  

[klak] / klæk /

verb (used without object)

1. 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.

2. to talk rapidly and continually or with sharpness and abruptness; chatter.

3. to cluck or cackle.

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verb (used with object)

1. to utter by clacking.

2. to cause to clack.

   He clacked the cup against the saucer.

noun

1. a clacking sound.

2. something that clacks, as a rattle.

3. rapid, continual talk; chatter.

clack British  

/ klæk /

verb

1. to make or cause to make a sound like that of two pieces of wood hitting each other

2. (intr) to jabber

3. a less common word for cluck

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noun

1. a short sharp sound

2. a person or thing that produces this sound

3. chatter

4. Also called: clack valve.  a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball

Etymology

Origin of clack

1200–50; Middle English clacken; imitative

Example Sentences

Imagine “the incessant clack of cowboy boots against the cobblestones” that could have been, he thinks.

From The Wall Street Journal

Black women, however, may clock Stefani for what she is the moment she opens her mouth and spews a thick blaccent that doubles as the distant clacking of trouble’s heels, strutting straight in Zola’s direction.

From Salon

Then they have a bunch of specific calls they give when interacting with others to keep the interaction going longer, such as laughing during play, or teeth clacking during grooming,” Crockford said.

From Salon

You can credit me later with tickets, and so, yes, it is being held together with tape because I was clacking it too much in Vegas and Seattle.

From Los Angeles Times

To be completely fair, if Perkins sought out to make a film that was brutal for brutality’s sake, I might not even be sitting here, clacking away on my keyboard.

From Salon