clack

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see also: Clack

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Noun

clack (plural 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.

   • whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack

4. (colloquial) The tongue.

Translations

• Russian: треск

Verb

clack (clacks, present participle clacking; past and past participle clacked)

1. (intransitive) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.

   • We heard Mr. Hodson's whip clacking on the shoulders of the poor little wretches.

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.

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Clack

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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