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CLACK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction

Synonyms:

clack; clack valve; clapper valve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("clack" is a kind of...):

valve (control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated

Synonyms:

clack; clap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("clack" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Derivation:

clack (make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens)

clack (make a rattling sound)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Synonyms:

blab; blabber; chatter; clack; gabble; gibber; maunder; palaver; piffle; prate; prattle; tattle; tittle-tattle; twaddle

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "clack" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clack"):

babble; blather; blether; blither; smatter (to talk foolishly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens

Synonyms:

clack; click; cluck

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "clack" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

clack (a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make a rattling sound

Example:

clattering dishes

Synonyms:

brattle; clack; clatter

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "clack" is one way to...):

make noise; noise; resound (emit a noise)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

Cars clack in the streets

The streets clack with cars

Derivation:

clack (a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated)

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