clickety-click
clickety-click · clickety-clicks
A rapid, rhythmic sound of alternating clicks, often such as typewriter keys or train…A rapid, rhythmic sound of alternating clicks, often such as typewriter keys or train wheels on tracks.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, figuratively, informal)A rapid, rhythmic sound of alternating clicks, often such as typewriter keys or train wheels on tracks.
(uncountable)Sixty-six.
More definitions
- a fast and rhythmic click-clack
Origin
Reduplication of click, with the frequentative suffix -ety added in-between.Reduplication of click, with the frequentative suffix -ety added in-between.
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Forms
plural: clickety-clicks| Singular | clickety-click |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a fast and rhythmic click-clack:clickety-clack
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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