Verb I heard her heels clacking down the hall. He clacked his teeth together.

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

Remember when a person would clack fresh pepper over your bowl of dish? Nick Rallo, Dallas News, "Mille Lire restaurant closes permanently after a long, tough year," 1 July 2020

My hourlong train ride to the office in San Francisco offers a good routine: biking to the station, time for uninterrupted thought and email while the wheels and rails clack in rhythm, and a brisk walk to the office. David Kopp, WSJ, "Loneliness Is a Health Hazard, Too," 22 Mar. 2020

There’s another wall of trees ahead, a tight window on the far side, beyond which everything is obscured, a rat’s nest of clacking timber. Carson Vaughan, Outside Online, "Blood. Bruises. Cow Pies. Our Anniversary on the "Divorce River"," 27 Jan. 2020

Chicken bones were shredded very nicely, without any lingering clickety-clacking you might commonly hear from disposals. Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, "6 Best Garbage Disposals For Pulverizing Food," 25 Sep. 2019

Two days later, in another Washington mash-up of work and werk, drag queen Pissi Myles clacked down the halls of the Longworth Building in shiny red pumps. Washington Post, "How drag queens have snatched the political spotlight in the Trump era," 25 Nov. 2019

Antlers clacked on antlers, cartilage snapped, and the breath of three thousand animals rose over the fence. Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, "The Fight for the Reindeer," 18 Nov. 2019

Patrons have reported hearing footsteps in storage areas and pool balls clacking together on phantom billiards tables. Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "You might see a ghost at these 7 haunted sites in the Milwaukee suburbs," 23 Oct. 2019

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Plus, this song has such movement—almost like the clickety-clack of a train or the rubber tires on the rolling road. Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Ultimate Road Trip Playlist, According to Our Favorite Musicians," 13 Aug. 2020

Sergine could hear the clack of computer keys on the other end of the line. Washington Post, "The pandemic hit and this car became home for a family of four.," 6 June 2020

Her folding Ollie chair flattens with the yank of a cord, and a satisfying clack! Jane Margolies, New York Times, "At the Brooklyn Navy Yard It’s Full Steam Ahead," 12 Mar. 2020

RuPaul's Drag Race is welcoming fresh icons and classic superstars to click-clack about the Werk Room as part of the All-Stars 5 cast — all of whom will compete on VH1 after all. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, "RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars 5," 8 May 2020

Mechanical keyboards provide the satisfying clicks and clacks many gamers crave, but the analog switches beneath each letter don’t register as speedily as their optical competitors. Popular Science, "The 100 greatest innovations of 2019," 3 Dec. 2019

Car lovers may miss the angry sewing machine clack of a Porsche 911’s flat-six, the throaty grumble and whine of a supercharged Dodge Hemi V8, or the cranial wail of a Ferrari V-12. Brett Berk, Wired, "BMW's i4 Electric Concept Comes With a Hans Zimmer Score," 28 Mar. 2020

And people like Brian Kravitz, whose retro-cool Philly Typewriter shop brings the clickety-clack back to East Passyunk. National Geographic, "Should you talk to strangers on trips?," 10 Dec. 2019

The devices employ switches that register your inputs and create satisfying feedback and the distinct clacks that aficionados love. Jessica Boddy, Popular Science, "The best mechanical keyboards for every clickity clackity situation you can imagine," 4 Feb. 2020

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