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clacker

clacker

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A person who makes sharp, repeated sounds when typing or walking in hard shoes
  • noun
  • /ˈklækər/
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  • As the typist furiously hit the keys, the clacker sound filled the quiet office.

Examples

  • She is such a loud clacker when she types.

  • In the dance performance, the sound of clackers resonated with every step the dancers took.

  • The constant noise from the clacker at the next desk made it hard to concentrate.

  • Everyone could hear the clacker coming down the hallway in her hard shoes.

  • He became known as the office clacker because of his loud typing.

  • The clacker in the office is driving everyone crazy.

  • The clacker of her hard-soled shoes echoed loudly as she walked down the hallway.

Surface Forms

clacker singular
clackers plural

Morphology

clacker = clack (transparent) = clack + er

The noun is a straightforward agentive formation from 'clack' meaning a person who makes that sound.

Etymology

Clacker comes from the sound word clack, which copies a 'short, sharp noise', plus the ending -er meaning 'one who' or 'thing that'. So a clacker is a person who makes repeated clacking sounds, like loud typing or hard shoes.