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clack

[ klak ]

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.


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

/ 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. See cluck
    a less common word for cluck


noun

  1. a short sharp sound
  2. a person or thing that produces this sound
  3. chatter
  4. Also calledclack valve a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clack1

1200–50; Middle English clacken; imitative

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clack1

C13: probably from Old Norse klaka to twitter, of imitative origin

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Example Sentences

Mechanical keyboards could be distracting in an open-plan office, in general, but the clack of the keys is no more distracting than ringing phones, co-worker chatter, and other everyday sounds of working in public.

Tactile switches, which feature a strong tactile bump without the tinny clack of “clicky”-style switches, require a bit more force to push them down, which may rankle a pro esports player but provides a better overall typing feel.

In a press briefing, Razer also emphasized that the Huntsman V2 features a layer of sound-dampening foam inside, which takes the edge off of the keys’ mechanical clack.

Later that day, I crouched down, popped upward, felt the board rise to my feet, and landed on all four wheels with a satisfying clack.

I need to get a head shot so he won't have a chance to clack himself off [blow himself up].

A look at some of the craziest, funniest, and most bizarre moments with Click and Clack.

“A Kinder, Gentler IRS” Click and Clack were all over the place in the April 11, 1998, episode of Car Talk.

Mr. Cunningham's description of the drawings of the natives in a cavern on Clack's Island.

This rock has some resemblance to that of Clack Island above-mentioned.

He listened, but I do not know whether he heard much of my clack, and I got very tired of it myself at last.

Up them she went, flattening herself against the stone as she caught the faint clack of muffled oars.

She answered with the same clutter and clack of unknown syllables, growing more and more excited as the dialogue continued.

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