[
UK
/klˈæk/
]
[ US /ˈkɫæk/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫæk/ ]
VERB
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
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make a rattling sound
clattering dishes - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
NOUN
- a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
- a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
How To Use clack In A Sentence
- The rocking motion of the treadle and the gentle clacking of the machine often lulled the restless child.
- Tiktaalik would have breathed like a lungfish, says Clack, senior assistant curator at Cambridge's University Museum of Zoology.
- Edna said, with a blinding smile, the echo of her clacking heels loud on the hardwood floor of our hallway.
- The jar tipped over, and hundreds of wooden clacks could be heard as the pencils littered the ground.
- Unrolling it with a few clacks, he revealed the map's contents.
- This “new set of clackers,” as Dahl joyously described them, still left a “tidy hunk” for the RAF,72 but they were a source of great pleasure to their owner, who believed that in most cases real teeth were more trouble than they were worth. Storyteller
- The "clack" of the Nikon has created so many uncomfortable moments distracting the talent and most recently Kid Rock asked me to use a different camera. News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
- She clacked her spoon back onto the tray, so that a tiny glop of porridge leapt from it. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
- Her heels clacked on the cement in an almost professional manner as the doctor stepped towards the doors.
- Every fifteen minutes a train made its appearance, tooting and clacking, regular as clockwork.