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
Examples of clack in a Sentence
Verb
I heard her heels clacking down the hall.
He clacked his teeth together.
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 May 2025
Her feet clacked along the family's tile flooring, instead of the rough terrain outdoors, which would have helped keep her nails short.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025
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
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Verb
The young Jedi rushed down the stairs, leaping down two at a time, becoming increasingly certain that something was chasing her, its sharp claws clacking behind her at exactly the same moments as her own footsteps.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 May 2025
Her feet clacked along the family's tile flooring, instead of the rough terrain outdoors, which would have helped keep her nails short.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
The sprinkling of gold dotting throughout highlights the importance of gold jewelry in clack culture.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025
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
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“Clack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clack. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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