clack

v., clacked, clack·ing, clacks.

v.intr.

1. To make an abrupt, sharp sound, as in the collision of two hard surfaces.
2. To chatter thoughtlessly or at length.
3. To cackle or cluck, as a hen.

v.tr.
To cause to make an abrupt, sharp sound.

n.

1. A clacking sound: the clack of an old-fashioned typewriter.
2. Something that makes a clacking sound.
3. Thoughtless, prolonged talk; chatter.

[Middle English clakken, from Old Norse klaka, of imitative origin.]

clacker clack'er n.

verb

1. To make a light, sharp noise: click, snap. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
2. To make or cause to make a succession of short, sharp sounds: brattle, chatter, clatter, rattle. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
3. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially: babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle (on), run on. Informal go on, spiel. Slang gab, gas, jaw, yak. Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot thebreezebull. See words.

noun

A light, sharp noise: click, snap. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

IN BRIEF: n. - A simple valve with a hinge on one side; A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together v. - Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly; Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens; Make a rattling sound.

Tutor's tip: The people in the "claque" (a crowd hired to applaud a performer) all wore tap shoes that made a "clack" (a sharp sound made by hitting together two solid objects) noise as they walked in.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
  Synonym: clap

Meaning #2: a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
  Synonyms: clack valve, clapper valve

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The verb clack has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: make a rattling sound
  Synonyms: clatter, brattle

Meaning #2: make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
  Synonyms: cluck, click

Meaning #3: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  Synonyms: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - kagle, knebre, klapre, knevre
v. tr. - smælde med, skramle med
n. - smæld, klapren, knevren, mundlæder, klapventil

Nederlands (Dutch)
klik, ratel, geklets, klikken, kleppen, klakken

Français (French)
v. intr. - claquer, faire clic-clac, jacasser
v. tr. - claquer, faire clic-clac
n. - bruit sec, claquement, (Tech) clapet, caquet, jacasserie

Deutsch (German)
v. - klicken, klappern, schnalzen, plappern
n. - Klicken, Geplapper

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παράγω ξερό κρότο, κροταλίζω, πλαταγίζω, (μτφ.) φλυαρώ, γλωσσοκοπανάω
n. - ξερός κρότος, κροτάλισμα, πλατάγισμα, φλυαρία

Italiano (Italian)
schioccare, sbatacchiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - estalar, bater papo, cacarejar, revelar segredos
n. - estalo (m), bate-papo (m), língua (f) (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
щелкать, стучать, тарахтеть

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - hacer un ruido seco, producir un castañeteo o chasquido
v. tr. - hacer un ruido seco, castañetear, chascar
n. - ruido seco, chasquido, castañeteo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - pladdra, klappra, smattra, skramla med
n. - pladdrande, klapprande, smattrande, skrammel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发出哔剥声, 唠唠叨叨讲, 使发尖利而短促的碰击声, 喋喋不休地讲, 因唠叨而泄露, 哔剥声, 唠叨

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 發出嗶剝聲, 嘮嘮叨叨講
v. tr. - 使發尖利而短促的碰擊聲, 喋喋不休地講, 因嘮叨而洩露
n. - 嗶剝聲, 嘮叨

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 찰칵 소리를 내다, 재잘재잘 지껄이다, 암탉이 구구 울다
v. tr. - 재잘 재잘 떠들어 대다, 찰칵 소리나게 하다
n. - 찰칵 하는 소리, 수다, 새 쫓는 딱딱이

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - カタッと鳴る, カタッと鳴らす, ぺちゃくちゃしゃべる
n. - カタッという音

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) طق, طقطق, أحدث صوتا (الاسم) طقطقه, طقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮פטפט בקול רם, הקיש‬
v. tr. - ‮תקתק, הקיש‬
n. - ‮נקישה, תקתוק, פטפוט‬

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