CLACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clack mean? 

• CLACK (noun)
  The noun CLACK has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: CLACK used as a noun is rare.

• CLACK (verb)
  The verb CLACK has 3 senses:

1. make a rattling sound
2. make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
3. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

  Familiarity information: CLACK used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLACK (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

clack; clap

Hypernyms ("clack" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

clack valve; clapper valve; clack

Hypernyms ("clack" is a kind of...):

valve (control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid)

• CLACK (verb)

Meaning:

Make a rattling sound

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

brattle; clack; clatter

Context example:

clattering dishes

Hypernyms (to "clack" is one way to...):

make noise; noise; resound (emit a noise)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

Cars clack in the streets
The streets clack with cars

Meaning:

Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

cluck; clack; click

Hypernyms (to "clack" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Meaning:

Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

piffle; prate; prattle; tattle; tittle-tattle; twaddle; palaver; gibber; gabble; blabber; blab; maunder; clack; chatter

Hypernyms (to "clack" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clack"):

babble; blather; blether; blither; smatter (to talk foolishly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s