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clack

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) clack (verb)
  2. 2) clack (noun)
  3. clack goose
  4. clack valve (noun)
  5. click-clack (noun)
  6. click-clack (intransitive verb)
  7. clickety-clack (noun)

1clack

verb \ˈklak\

Definition of CLACK

intransitive verb
1
: chatter, prattle
2
: to make an abrupt striking sound or series of sounds
3
of fowl : cackle, cluck
transitive verb
1
: to cause to make a clatter
2
: to produce with a chattering sound; specifically : blab
— clack·er noun
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Examples of CLACK

  1. I heard her heels clacking down the hall.
  2. He clacked his teeth together.

Origin of CLACK

Middle English, of imitative origin
First Known Use: 13th century

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Rhymes with CLACK

back, black, Braque, claque, crack, flack, flak, hack, jack, knack, lac, lack, lakh, mac, Mac, pack, plaque, quack, rack, sac, sack, sacque, shack, slack, smack, snack, stack, tach, tack, thwack, track, Wac, wack, whack, wrack, yak

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