clack
13
6.0
- noun
- /klæk/
:
chasquido
- "As the clerk returns his ticket and passport... CLACK, CLACK, CLACK."
- hear the clack
- clack of high heels
- clack of the tracks
When we were caterpillars, we were meant to be left, and could be left amid our clack of leaves, each on our own.
- When we were caterpillars, we were meant to be left, and could be left amid our clack of leaves, each on our own.
Examples
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I heard the clack of tires over the concrete, the screech of a seagull.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the distance, she heard the distinct clack of the heavy front door closing.
Fiction book (2000) -
With that, she slides the glass into a bin, clack, clack, clack.
Fiction book (1996) -
The magnets took hold with a strong clack, almost jerking the box out of his hands.
Fiction book (1996) -
Faintly, from one of the rooms, we can hear the clack, clack, clack of a typewriter.
Fiction book (1991) -
His ear is his eye, thought Kohke, listening to the faint clack of the wheels.
Fiction book (2000) -
He'd recognized her immediately: she had the wool suit and the clack-clack high heels.
Fiction book (1994) -
His words were punctuated by a hissing lunge and the clack of jaws.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the quiet room, we could hear the sharp clack of the clock striking the hour.
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As the two pieces of wood struck each other, a loud clack echoed through the workshop.
Synonyms
81
1.3
A short sharp sound made by hitting a surface or by a machine problem
73
1.0
A short sharp sound you hear when a switch or latch moves
19
5.3
A short, light sound made when glass or metal hit each other
15
5.2
A loud metallic sound that often repeats or echoes
8
1.0
A sudden loud noise like thunder or an explosion
1
8.6
A short high metal sound from a small hit
Antonyms
Compounds
1
7.7
A quick series of soft clicking sounds from machines or hard things hitting together
How Sharp
Surface Forms
Etymology
Clack began as a word that copies a sudden, hard noise, the same idea you hear in click or the 'clack' of high heels. So a clack is simply a short, abrupt sound made when two things hit or touch.