Clack

Definition: Clack

Clack

Noun

1. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated.

2. A simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction.

Verb

1. Make a rattling sound.

2. Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens.

3. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "clack" was first used: 13th century. (references)

Mining

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Clack

Loquacity

Verb: be loquacious; Adjective: talk glibly, pour forth, patter; prate, palaver, prose, chatter, prattle, clack, jabber, jaw; blather, blatter, blether; rattle, rattle on; twaddle, babble, gabble; outtalk; talk oneself out of breath, talk oneself hoarse; expatiate; (speak at length); gossip; (converse); din in the ears; (repeat); talk at random, talk nonsense; be hoarse with talking.

Jaw; gabble; jabber, chatter; prate, prattle, cackle, clack; twaddle, rattle; caquet, caquetterie; blabber, bavardage, bibble-babble, gibble-gabble; small talk; (converse).

Crosswords: Clack

Now click clack it up (Bow Wow [That's My Name]; performing artist: Lil Bow Wow)

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Books

• Click Clack (reference)

• Click, Clack, Meuh (reference)

• Piglet's Up and Down Day (Clickety Clack) (reference)

• The Second Best of Car Talk: More Used Calls from Click and Clack (reference)

  (more book examples)

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General view- construction. / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Clack..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "clack": Clack box ♦ Clack dish ♦ Clack door ♦ clack goose ♦ clack valve ♦ his clack goes thirteen to the dozen ♦ To clack wool ♦ valve clack of a check valve. Additional references.

Beginning with "clack": clack-spring.

Ending with "clack": a-clack, clackety-clack, click-clack, click-click-clack, clickety-clack.

Albanian

llomotitje (badinage, cackle, chitchat, flubdub, gibber, lip-labor, lip-labour, mag, prate, tattle, wag, wish-wash), llomotis (blab, cackle, gab, jabber, prate, splutter, waffle), kërcitje (clash, click, clicking, crack, crackle, crackling, crash, creak, crepitation, crunch, Gride, grinding, groan, pop, pound, rap, rattle, scratch, screech, snap, splutter, squeak), dërdëllit (babble, chatter, gab, gibber, harp on, jabber, prattle, yap), dërdëllis (babble, chatter, gab, gibber, harp on, harp on the same string, jabber, prattle, yap). (various references)

Arabic 

‏طقطقة (click, crackle, crackling, patter, pinking, plink, rap, slap, sputter), ‏ثرثر (babble, blab, blabber, bluster, chatter, clatter, crack, gabble, gas, gibber, give oneself airs, gossip, jabber, jangle, jaw, natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, quack, rap, rumble, shoot one's mouth off, smatter, talk, tattle, twaddle, twitter, yap). (various references)

Bulgarian 

тропане (pitter patter, rat-a-tat, rattle, tattoo), тракане (chatter, clank, clatter, pitter patter, ratatat, rat-a-tat, rat-tat), шумен говор (clatter), вентил (faucet, valve, ventil). (various references)

Czech

klepání (knock, knocking, rap). (various references)

Danish

sikkerhedsventil med overløbsklap (safety valve with spill clack), proevehane (check valve, clack valve, test cock), kontraventil (backwater flap, clack valve, disk of a swing check valve, non-return valve, relief valve, stop valve, swing-type check mechanism, valve clack of a check valve, valve flap of a check valve), klapventil (ship's clack valve). (various references)

Dutch

veiligheidsklep met overloopklep (safety valve with spill clack), toevoerventiel (admission valve, inlet clack, inlet flap), terugslagklep (backwater flap, clack valve, inward vent valve, non-return valve, snift valve), proefkraan (check valve, clack valve, test cock), luchtklep (air-valve), klepventiel (clack valve, clapper, flat valve, valve), keerklep (non-return valve, relief valve, ship's clack valve, shutoff valve, stop valve, stop-and-check valve, stopcock). (various references)

Farsi 

تق تق (Rattle), صدای بهم خوردن دوتخته یاچیزدیگر. (various references)

Finnish

loksuttaa (fit loosely, flap be loose), loksua (fit loosely, flap be loose). (various references)

French

claqueter, claquement (clapping, clash, click), bavarder (clatter). (various references)

German

Klappe (back, can it, clapperboard, flap, key, leaf, lid, patch, shutter, Sidegate, strap, swat, tab, tailgate, trap, trapdoor, valve). (various references)

Greek 

κρότοσ (clang, clangour, clank, clash, clatter, crash, din, noise, peal, pop, rattle, report), κροτώ (chink, chug, clang, clank, clap, clatter, click, crack, din, rattle, snap, tick), κτύποσ (bang, beat, ictus, knock), κτυπώ (bang, buffet, bump, clobber, clout, cudgel, hit, impinge, knock, larrup, maul, rap, shroud, slat, smite, strike, swat, thrash), ξηρόσ κρότοσ. (various references)

Hungarian

kattogás (blatter, crack, thump, ticking), zörgés (burr, clatter, clattering, rattle, rustle, rustling). (various references)

Italian

valvola (fuse, gate, safeguard, tube, valve, valvule), strepitare (clamor, clamour), schiocco (click, pop, smack, snap, swish, thwack). (various references)

Manx

jannoo claggeraght, claggeraght (babbling, carillon). (various references)

Pig Latin

ackclay.(various references)

Portuguese

tagarelar (blather, blether, cackle, chat, chatter, chipper, clat, clatter, dodder, gab, gabble, gas, gossip, jabber, jaw, keckle, patter, prate, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle), ruído seco (click), estalido (crack, cracking, crackling, flaw, flick, flip, snap). (various references)

Romanian

cotcodãci (cackle, chatter, chuck, chuckle), clapã (flap, flapper, fly, key, stop, stopple, valve), vorbãrie (babble, chit chat, gabble, palaver, phrase, talk, twaddle), trosni (crack, crackle, decrepitate, grit, snap), trosnet (bang, crack, crash), trãncãni (Bab, babble, cackle, clash, clatter, cosher, gab, gibber, gossip, jabber, jangle, Maunder, natter, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle, talk, tattle, yap), trãncãnealã (babble, chit chat, clatter, drivel, flippancy, gibber, rattle, rigmarole, tattle, yap), supapã (flapper, valve), pocniturã (bang, flap, hit), pocni (bash, click, crack, crackle, hit). (various references)

Russian 

цокать цокот (clatter), треск (crack, crackling, crash, rattle, snap), шум голосов, клапан (flap, flapper, valve, vent, ventage), погремушка (rattle). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

klopot. (various references)

Spanish

chismear (gossip, talk, tattle, tell tales), charlar con (gibber, let out, patter, rap, talk with, tattle), charla (babble, causerie, chat, chatter, chitchat, derision, gab, gabble, gossip, natter, prate, rattle, small talk, talk, tattle, tittletattle, yap), hablar sin razón. (various references)

Swedish

smällande, smälla (clap, crack, flap, ping, pop, report, slam, slap, smash, swat), skrammel (chatter, clang, clangor, clangour, clank, clash, clatter, jar, jingling, rattling), skramla (clank, clash, clatter, club together, crepitate, jingle, rattle), pladdra (babble, blether, chatter, clutter, gab, gabble, gaggle, jabber, jibber, prate, prattle), pladder (babble, blather, chatter, gab, gabble, jabber, patter, prattle, rattle, wish-wash, yackety-yak), klapper. (various references)

Thai

เกิ�"เสียงแหลม, พู�"เร็ว. (various references)

Turkish

takırtı (clatter, rattle), tıkırtı (click, clinking, patter, rattling, tap, tick), tıkırdamak (click, clink, tick), sürgü (bar, bedpan, bolt, chamber pot, cursor, Harrow, pusher, slide, sliding bar, urinal), laklak etmek (chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag), laklak, klape, kapak (bonnet, cap, capsule, cover, covering letter, dome, flap, hatch, hatchway, lid, shutter, top), gevezelik etmek (babble, blab, cackle, chat, chatter, gabble, gossip, natter, prate, prattle, tattle), gevezelik (babbling, cackle, chattering, chinwag, chitchat, comment, gab, gabble, garrulity, gossip, indiscretion, jaw, jive, loquaciousness, loquacity, mouthiness, prate, prattle, rattle, talkativeness, talky-talk, tattle, volubility, windiness, yap), gıcırtı (creak, jar, scratch, squeak, squeal), gıcırdamak (creak, gnash, grate, grit, groan, jar, rustle, squeak, squeal), çatırtı (crack, crackle, crackling noise, crash, crunch, scrunch, smash), çatırdamak (chatter, clash, crack, crackle, creak, crepitate, make a crackling noise, scrunch, snap). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tiếng lập cập, tiếng lách cách (rattle), sự nhiều lời (jaw). (various references)

Welsh

clep (clap, gossip), clegar (cackle, cluck), clecian (click, crack, snap), clec (click, crack, gossip). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "clack": clacked, clacker, clackers, clacking, clacks. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Clack" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cacak, cacki, calcu, Callick, ccacc, ceack, chack, chacok, Clac, clacky, clact, clak, Clake, Clapci, clark, clax, clec, clect, clic, Clicki, clik, clinck, cllick, cloack, Glack, klack, Klak. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: calk, lack.

-2 letters: lac.

-3 letters: al, ka, la.

+1 letter: cackle, clacks.

+2 letters: cackled, cackler, cackles, calpack, clacked, clacker, crackle, crackly.

+3 letters: blackcap, cacklers, cackling, callback, calpacks, charlock, clackers, clacking, coalsack, cocktail, crackled, crackles, cracknel, necklace.

+4 letters: backblock, backcloth, blackcaps, blackcock, blackface, blackjack, callbacks, camelback, charlocks, checkable, coalsacks, cockatiel, cocktails, cracklier, crackling, cracknels, matchlock, necklaces, placekick, sackcloth.

+5 letters: backblocks, backcloths, blackcocks, blackfaces, blackjacks, camelbacks, candlewick, chuckwalla, cockalorum, cockatiels, cocktailed, crackliest, cracklings, matchlocks, placekicks, sackcloths.