Clack (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The mother hen led her chicks into the yard, clacking softly to reassure them.
- As the farmer entered the coop, the hens began to clack loudly in protest.
- The little chicken started to clack when she laid her first egg.
- The hens in the farmyard were clacking excitedly as they waited to be fed.
- The hen house fell silent as the birds stopped clacking and settled in for the night.
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Meaning 2
Make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The keys clacked against each other as she rummaged through her purse for the house keys.
- Racing down the cobblestone street, the horse's hooves clacked loudly against the pavement.
- She wrote furiously on her typewriter, the keys clacking out a steady rhythm.
- Dinner was being prepared, with pots and pans clacking against the countertops.
- As the freight train rumbled through town, the wheels clacked in tandem with the beat of the rails.