MEANING
1. To make sharp, dry clicking or snapping sounds.
2. To talk noisily or idly.
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Words that belong together
- a latch clacks
- teeth clack
On the page
The latch clacked twice before the panel opened.
Hard plates clacked together as the creature turned.
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Word forms
- Base
- clack
- Past tense
- clacked
- Past participle
- clacked
- Present participle
- clacking
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- clack
- Present continuous
- am/is/are clacking
- Present perfect
- have/has clacked
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been clacking
- Past
- clacked
- Past continuous
- was/were clacking
- Past perfect
- had clacked
- Past perfect continuous
- had been clacking
- Future
- will clack
- Future continuous
- will be clacking
- Future perfect
- will have clacked
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been clacking
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: clack; clacks; clacked; clacked; clacking Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: clacks.
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