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Clack Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated [syn: clap]
a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction [syn: clack valve, clapper valve}] v
make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes" [syn: clatter, brattle]
make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn: cluck, click]
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]

Clack Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object.
Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
Continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating. Whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack. --South. Clack box (Mach.), the box or chamber in which a clack valve works. Clack dish, a dish with a movable lid, formerly carried by beggars, who clacked the lid to attract notice. --Shak. Clack door (Mining), removable cover of the opening through which access is had to a pump valve. Clack valve (Mach.), a valve; esp. one hinged at one edge, which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking sound.

Clack Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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