clack

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a sharp, hard sound made when solid objects strike together

   The clack of the loom continued from morning until dusk.

2. 2
   noun

   a noisy and continuous stream of talk

   The clack of conversation filled the crowded kitchen.

3. 3
   verb

   to make a repeated sharp clicking or knocking sound

   Her shoes clacked across the tiled floor.

4. 4
   verb

   dated: to talk rapidly and incessantly about trivial matters

   The neighbors clacked over the fence for most of the afternoon.

A sound-imitative Germanic word, found in Middle English clakken and related forms in Dutch, German, and Scandinavian languages. The speech senses compare chatter to repeated sharp noises.

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