clack
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Synonyms: crack, slack, black, click, clank, cack, clock, cluck, flack, lack, clark
Antonyms: crack, slack, black, click, clank, cack, clock, cluck, flack, lack, clark
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Noun
- 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|Chatter]]; [[prattle]].
- {{lb|en|colloquial}} The [[tongue]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
- {{lb|en|UK}} To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less [[duty]].
- {{dated form of|en|cluck}}.
Proper noun
- {{surname|en}}.
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