Pronunciations (2)
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/klæk/
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klæk
Noun
An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
Chatter; prattle.
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whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack
The tongue.
Usage- Colloquial
Verb
To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
Usage- Intransitive
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We heard Mr. Hodson's whip clacking on the shoulders of the poor little wretches.
[He] walked quite jauntily across the courtyard to the distant door, his sandals clacking against the marble.
To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
Usage- Transitive
To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
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There is a generation of men, whose unweighed custome makes them clack out any thing their heedleſs fancy ſprings
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The women bunched up in little droves and let their tongues clack, and the men herded together and passed a jug around and, to tell the truth, let their tongues clack too.
To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.
Usage- UK usage
Noun
a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
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a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
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Verb
make a rattling sound
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clattering dishes
make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly