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Recent Examples of clack
James Lindsey, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Another went to a security guard standing outside Fosters, where the window displays whirred and clicked and clacked out their Christmas scenes.
—Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
Instead, it is squeezed next to a gaming parlor that echoes with clacks from a foosball table.
—Nina Strochlic, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
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Verb
No more clacking away at a keyboard or glancing between screens—just a straightforward, focused conversation.
—James Lindsey, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Another went to a security guard standing outside Fosters, where the window displays whirred and clicked and clacked out their Christmas scenes.
—Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
The clack of assault rifles being fired punctured the air.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
Instead, it is squeezed next to a gaming parlor that echoes with clacks from a foosball table.
—Nina Strochlic, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clack
Verb
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There's Popeye, behind the wheel of a car he's grabbed from an ordinary citizen, racing to outrun a subway train clattering along an elevated track.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
27 Feb. 2025
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Rashford had been lively on the left, assisting Casemiro’s goal and showing an understanding with 17-year-old full-back Amass, but the seeds were sown on his departure when he was clattered mid-run and saw no foul given.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
31 July 2024
Verb
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Harker’s Isabella Lo had a shot at the tie, but her buzzer-beating 3-pointer rattled out.—
Glenn Reeves,
The Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2025
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The noise of the yelling broke off a piece of dead limb or bark, which rattled down through the tree above me and struck my shoulder.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The pieces of its plot are often left floating in mid-air until their function clicks into place, via either explanation or overt symbolism.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2025
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With a popgun offence, the defensive seams showing and a work rate that has clicked in and out all season, the club determined that something had to be done.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Clack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clack. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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