(n.) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click.
(n.) To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run.
(v. t.) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
(v. t.) To utter rapidly and inconsiderately.
(v. t.) A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object.
(v. t.) Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
(v. t.) Continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating.
Example Sentences:
(1) Clack was also a keen sportsman, and represented the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and his battalion at rugby.
(2) The church panels that inspired the petitions’ design can be seen in a dimmed room at nearby Yirrkala art centre, where it’s rumoured you can also see the typewriter that clacked out the petition in English and Yolngu – another seminal achievement.
(3) Earlier that day, my husband had driven to Indianapolis on business, so Molly and I sat in my living room with our dogs and our laptops, drinking tea and clacking away for hours.
(4) "Lieutenant Clack not only made the ultimate sacrifice doing a job he loved, but he did so serving his country, defending the security of the United Kingdom and its people."
(5) Photograph: University Museum of Zoology Cambridge “It does appear that if there had been a ‘gap’ it was much smaller than previously thought, and might have affected some groups less severely than others,” Clack told me, talking about the disappearance of many species at the end of the Devonian.
(6) Davis gives her character a bone-clacking, head-wobbling walk; she is fragile as well as brittle, pulling rank on the help one minute and clinging to "Mummy" the next.
(7) A British officer killed by a Taliban bomb outside the gate of his base in Afghanistan has been named as Lieutenant Daniel Clack of 1st Battalion The Rifles.
(8) There was an extinction event for many fish species, but no-one is really sure what caused it.” Clack and her co-authors found evidence in their rock cores that fires burned throughout the Tournaisian, challenging previous theories that low atmospheric oxygen during the time period caused extinctions.
(9) Then a four for Fleming with a crisp clack through mid wicket.
(10) There are two [animals with five digits] that we know for certain: Pederpes , and an isolated foot found by our project,” Professor Jenny Clack, Emeritus Professor at the University of Cambridge, explained the evolution of limbs and digits to me.
(11) Defence secretary Liam Fox added: "I was very saddened to learn of the death of lieutenant Daniel Clack, a young man who, it is clear from the tributes paid, was an officer of great quality, both liked and respected by his men.
(12) Clack studied at Exeter University and worked as a driver for a ski firm in Switzerland before joining the army in 2009.
(13) Only one species, Pederpes finneyae , was previously named from this time period, but Clack and colleagues have named five new species, and found many more fossils too fragmentary to formally identify.
(15) Mary is running late, so on the tape you can hear Melanie and I chit-chatting about obscure French knitwear labels and nibbling the cookies she has brought along and cooing over Walter, Mary and Melanie's schnoodle (poodle-schnauzer cross – black, of course), and then suddenly in the background there is the unmistakable clack-clack-clack of someone hurrying in high heels and the noise of a door bursting open – all so exaggerated and theatrical it sounds, on the machine, like a radio play – and then Mary's booming, head-girl tones as she cuts off our conversation, shouting, "Lies!
(16) Clack, 24, was leading a 10-man patrol to meet locals in a nearby village in Helmand province when he was hit by an improvised explosive device.
(18) She talks to me over the loud click-clack of printing machines, and the chatter of around 40 campaigners, working the phones – as befits an operation located on a trading estate, this is truly industrial electioneering.
(19) I´m following your min by min report from an internet cafe in Montevideo bus station (no TV), while trying to send emails, and prepare myself for watching England in a bar full of Uruguayans," says Neil Clack.
(20) With a click-clack of studs on concrete, the teams walk out on to the pitch.
Clatter
Definition:
(v. i.) To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.
(v. i.) To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.
(v. t.) To make a rattling noise with.
(n.) A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.
(n.) Commotion; disturbance.
(n.) Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter.
Example Sentences:
(1) Now Michael, what was the word I just said?” I told her the word was “Monday” and, with no more ado, she returned to her desk and clattered something out on her computer.
(2) 2.23am GMT Thoughts on the refereeing... Adam Large (@largeam) @ busfield Useless MLS referee.Letting Houston foul at will and things are already getting out of hand.I'm not a KC fan, but seriously... November 8, 2012 Updated at 2.23am GMT 2.22am GMT 12 mins Beautiful little flick by Kamara down the left, before he's clattered by Garcia.
(3) Richard Dunne clatters into him late, the goalkeeper goes down and several France players swarm around Dunne to voice their displeasure at the Ireland defender.
(4) 20-odd seconds: Suarez goes for a loose ball down the inside-right channel and clatters into the back of Ferdinand, who in turn wallops Evra.
(5) With the eight lanes of France’s most famous avenue cleared of all traffic on Paris’s first car-free day , the usual cacophony of car-revving and thundering motorbike engines had given way to the squeak of bicycle wheels, the clatter of skateboards, the laughter of children on rollerblades and even the gentle rustling of wind in the trees.
(6) A doltish young buck, hairless and pouting, will clatter through the doors of an annoying boutique.
(7) He's also clattered, allowing Toure the chance to belt a fierce shot at goal from out wide.
(8) Beyond the clattering of cameras and some polite pleasantries about the families, it was impossible to tell exactly what the monarch-in-waiting learned from the commander-in-chief – but he seems to be picking up some lessons on US political campaigning at least.
(9) 5.06pm BST 4 mins: Talking of Webb and his decisions, Fernandinho clatters Charles Aranguiz after the ball's gone and gets away with it because it's a little too early for yellow cards.
(10) After the own goal, the game’s full-blooded, directionless nature was epitomised when Ashley Williams, the Wales captain, clattered into Jonny Williams, leaving them both in need of treatment.
(11) He clatters into Kirm again, and is lucky to escape a booking.
(12) Williams, however, was starting to find her groove and despite giving Mattek-Sands hope with a break back at 5-3, two clattering returns helped her break again at 6-5 to clinch the set and level up.
(13) He's now clattered clumsily into the back of Matuidi.
(14) As the train clatters downtown, I allow myself to feel feisty, and just a little bit fond.
(15) The former clatters, accidentally, into the latter.
(16) Winchell's quick-fire radio and TV shows, where he delivered news and gossip, accompanied by clattering telexes, gave him enormous power, and he perfected the use of slang to avoid legal disputes, promising his listeners each week the lowdown on celebrity and politics, "the very very low low down down".
(17) We hear only noises – a burst of gunfire and the clatter of broken glass: she could be watching Harrison Ford fight back against the hijackers in Petersen’s Air Force One .
(18) Webb, in truth, had been given no choice in a contest that bristled from the opening exchange, when Robin van Persie flew in late to clatter Sergio Busquets behind the Spaniard's right knee.
(19) My pace was slow; a mountain biker whizzed past me, his spokes clattering as small stones ricocheted off.
(20) Aggrieved that Colback, already booked for going in late on Muniesa, had escaped a yellow card for clattering into Victor Moses a couple of minutes earlier, Stoke’s bench looked far from amused.