clack
/klæk/ · noun
Meaning
- An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
- Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
- Chatter; prattle.
- The tongue.
- To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
- To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.
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