Meaning of clack in English
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Pronunciation
/klæk/US accent
UK accent
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clackEtymology
Middle English: imitativeDefinitions
1. make a rattling soundExamples
- « clattering dishes »
Derived terms
- 2. make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
Derived terms
- 3. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Derived terms
- babbler
- balderdash
- baloney
- betrayer
- bilgewater
- blabber
- blether
- boloney
- bosh
- cackle
- causerie
- chatter
- chatterbox
- chatterer
- chin-wag
- chin-wagging
- chin music
- chitchat
- drool
- empty talk
- empty words
- fiddle-faddle
- gab
- gabble
- gabfest
- gossip
- hot air
- humbug
- idle talk
- informer
- jabber
- jabbering
- magpie
- palaver
- piffle
- prate
- prater
- prattle
- prattler
- rat
- rhetoric
- small talk
- spouter
- squealer
- taradiddle
- tarradiddle
- tittle-tattle
- tommyrot
- tosh
- twaddle
- twaddler
- yack
- yak
- yakety-yak
Noun
clackDefinitions
1. a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit togetherExamples
- « may be repeated »
Derived terms
- 2. a simple valve with a hinge on one side
Examples
- « allows fluid to flow in only one direction »