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# clack

verb (clack, clacks, clacked, clacking); noun (a clack, clacks)

«clack» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make a short, sharp sound like two hard things hitting each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clack/#m1)
2. The sound itself (the clack of heels, the clack of a keyboard). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clack/#m2)
3. (informal) To chatter loudly and on and on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clack/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it is a sound word that helps the reader hear the scene — heels on a hard floor, knitting needles, an old typewriter, a train on the tracks. It tells the reader there is a sharp, repeated, hard sound. Similar: «click», «clatter».

### Examples

- Her shoes clacked on the stone floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clack/#x1)
- We heard the clack of knitting needles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clack/#x2)
- The old typewriter clacked as Grandad typed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clack/#x3)
- The train clacked over the rails. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clack/#x4)
- The stork clacked its long beak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clack/#x5)
- The castanets clacked in time to the music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clack/#x6)
- Keyboards were clacking all over the computer room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clack/#x7)
- ‘Click, clock, clack, Our golden maid’s come back.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clack/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: clacked, clacking. It is an onomatopoeic word — it sounds like the noise it names. Not the same as «clap» (hands) or «clank» (a heavy metal sound).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «clack» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clack/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«clack» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/clack.html) on Mova free.