clacked; clacking; clacks
2
: to make an abrupt striking sound or series of sounds
1
: to cause to make a clatter
2
: to produce with a chattering sound
specifically
: blab
clacker
noun
Synonyms
Examples of clack in a Sentence
Verb
I heard her heels clacking down the hall.
He clacked his teeth together.
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Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Many of these devices are equipped with noise-cancelling technology that muffles the ambient sound of the world—honking cars, yelling children, clacking keyboards—by emitting vibrations of the opposite frequency.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
Ziad Fahmy, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
In addition, the hot-swappable ROG NX key switches return, here in a variant called ROG NX Snow, delivering a satisfying clack on par with a recent Editors' Choice keyboard pick, the Asus ROG Strix Scope II 96.
—PCMAG, 4 June 2024
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Verb
Her instincts as a producer reject unnecessary polish, and snatch up the clacking, booming, rustling din of existence.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Many of these devices are equipped with noise-cancelling technology that muffles the ambient sound of the world—honking cars, yelling children, clacking keyboards—by emitting vibrations of the opposite frequency.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
Noun
In the late nineteenth century, older notes—the call to prayer issuing from mosques, the slap of sandals on pavements, the clack of dominoes and backgammon tiles on café tables, the yelling of peddlers hawking their wares—began to jostle with the noises of mechanical and electrified devices.
—Ziad Fahmy, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
In addition, the hot-swappable ROG NX key switches return, here in a variant called ROG NX Snow, delivering a satisfying clack on par with a recent Editors' Choice keyboard pick, the Asus ROG Strix Scope II 96.
—PCMAG, 4 June 2024
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“Clack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clack. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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