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Synonyms
clack (klăk)

[Middle English clakken, from Old Norse klaka, of imitative origin.]

verb: clacked, clack·ing, clacks. 

intransitive verb 

  1. To make an abrupt, sharp sound, as in the collision of two hard surfaces.
  2. To chatter thoughtlessly or at length.
  3. To cackle or cluck, as a hen.

transitive verb 

To cause to make an abrupt, sharp sound.

noun 

  1. A clacking sound: the clack of an old-fashioned typewriter.
  2. Something that makes a clacking sound.
  3. Thoughtless, prolonged talk; chatter.

derivatives

clacḱer
noun