CLACK
What does "CLACK" mean?
To make a short, sharp sound like hard objects striking together.
Meanings
- To make a quick, hard, repeated noise as of one solid thing hitting another. Her heels clacked across the marble floor.
- A short, sharp sound of this kind. The clack of the train over the rails put the baby to sleep.
- To chatter or talk noisily and continuously. The hens clacked on the porch all afternoon. informal
Word origin
Imitative of the sound itself, recorded in Middle English as 'clacken', echoing the noise of objects knocking together.
Remember it
CLACK is a sound word - say it and your tongue clacks once against the roof of your mouth.
A little poem
Knitting needles talk-
clack, clack, the only language
her old hands still speak.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why do mechanical keyboards never keep secrets? They clack the moment you type one.
What it teaches
Some sounds carry no words yet say everything - the clack of a house that is lived in.
Quick facts
What does CLACK mean?
To make a short, sharp sound like hard objects striking together.
Is CLACK a valid word?
Yes — CLACK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CLACK?
CLACK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CLACK come from?
Imitative of the sound itself, recorded in Middle English as 'clacken', echoing the noise of objects knocking together.
What can CLACK teach us?
Some sounds carry no words yet say everything - the clack of a house that is lived in.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.