clack
clack / klak/ • v. make or cause to make a sharp sound or series of such sounds as a result of a hard object striking another: [intr.] he heard the sound of her heels clacking across flagstones | [tr.] he clacked the castanets in fine syncopation. ∎ [intr.] archaic chatter loudly: he will sit clacking for hours.• n. a sharp sound or series of sounds made in such a way: the clack of her high heels. ∎ archaic loud chatter: her clack would go all day.DERIVATIVES: clack·er n.
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