clack
verb (used without object)
to make a quick, sharp sound, or a succession of such sounds, as by striking or cracking.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Vane has been clacking it in my ear.
From The Path of the King by John Buchan