CLACK
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
