clack

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

clacks

1.
An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
2.
Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
3.
Chatter; prattle.
4.
(colloquial)The tongue.

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verb

V_es/s

clacks

V_ing/Gerund

clacking

V_ed/pp

clacked

1.
(intransitive)To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
2.
(transitive)To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
3.
To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
4.
(UK)To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.
5.
(alt of, dated)Dated form of cluck.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English clacken, clakken, claken, from Old English *clacian (to slap, clap, clack), from Proto-Germanic *klakōną (to clap, chirp). Cognate with clake, claik, klakken, klakken, klakke (to clack, strike, knock), klaka.