clack
To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noisesTo make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
» My keyboard makes clicking and clacking noises.
Значення
значень: 4(неперехідне)To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
(перехідне)To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
(Британія)To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.
- make a rattling sound
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Приклади
речень: 4My keyboard makes clicking and clacking noises.
Her black boots clacked on the pavement.
I hear the storks clacking from up in the belfry.
The head nurse came striding up, her leather heels clacking on the tile floor.
Походження
From Middle English clacken, clakken, claken, from Old English *clacian (“to slap, clap, cFrom Middle English clacken, clakken, claken, from Old English *clacian (“to slap, clap, clack”), from Proto-Germanic *klakōną (“to clap, chirp”). Cognate with Scots clake, claik (“to utter cries", also "to bedaub, sully with a sticky substance”), Dutch klakken (“to clack, crack”), Low German klakken (“to slap on, daub”), Norwegian klakke (“to clack, strike, knock”), Icelandic klaka (“to twitter, chatter, wrangle, dispute”).
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clacks, clacking, clacked, clackedСиноніми
синонімів: 17Спільнокореневі
пов’язаних слів: 1Уроки до слова
уроків: 3- A1Present Simple: теперішній простий час — Бо це дієслово
- A1Past Simple: правильні дієслова — Бо у нього є форма минулого часу
- A2Present Perfect: вступ — Бо у нього є дієприкметник минулого часу