clack
verb (used without object)
to make a quick, sharp sound, or a succession of such sounds, as by striking or cracking.
clacks
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pluralof clack.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof clack (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
clackverb (used without object)to make a quick, sharp sound, or a succession of such sounds, as by striking or cracking.
Example Sentences
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The camera cuts to Elizabeth’s actual surroundings: a New York City apartment, where the radiator clacks and hisses in place of a crackling fire, and the view is brick, not snow-dusted pasture.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2025
It is a kitchen of clicks and clacks, of ASMR, of packets ripped open and weekly restock hauls.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025
“We’re booksellers through and through,” Cornell says on a recent Saturday morning before the store opens, the clacks of passing skateboarders intermingling with the tolling bells of the nearby railroad crossing as he speaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
She visits the market, for instance; he clacks at a typewriter.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2022
People cheer for us, and Rosa waves and clacks her clappers in the air and calls, “Hi!” and “Thank you!”
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
