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"An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk."
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"(colloquial) The tongue."
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"ref": "1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 52",
"text": "[He] walked quite jauntily across the courtyard to the distant door, his sandals clacking against the marble.",
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"To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click."
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"ref": "1953, Janice Holt Giles, The Kentuckians",
"text": "The women bunched up in little droves and let their tongues clack, and the men herded together and passed a jug around and, to tell the truth, let their tongues clack too.",
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"To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty."
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"(UK) To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty."
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"ref": "1934, Gladys Bagg Taber, Late Climbs the Sun, page 30",
"text": "Only the chickens clacked at the Saturday quiet and fat mouse-minded cats licked whiskers on the empty steps.",
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"ref": "1964, Frances Margaret Cheadle McGuire, Gardens of Italy, page 57",
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"4": "to twitter, chatter, wrangle, dispute"
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"The tongue."
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"(colloquial) The tongue."
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}
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{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "trakane",
"sense": "an abrupt, sharp sound",
"word": "тракане"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čukane",
"sense": "an abrupt, sharp sound",
"word": "чукане"
},
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an abrupt, sharp sound",
"word": "kalahdus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an abrupt, sharp sound",
"word": "kolahdus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an abrupt, sharp sound",
"word": "kalina"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an abrupt, sharp sound",
"word": "kolina"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "trópanje",
"sense": "an abrupt, sharp sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тро́пање"
},
{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "tréskot",
"sense": "an abrupt, sharp sound",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "тре́скот"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "trésok",
"sense": "an abrupt, sharp sound",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "тре́сок"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tresk",
"sense": "an abrupt, sharp sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "треск"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bǎrborene",
"sense": "chatter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "бърборене"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "brbórenje",
"sense": "chatter",
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"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "drdórenje",
"sense": "chatter",
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"neuter"
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}
],
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}
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"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/æk",
"Rhymes:English/æk/1 syllable",
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"en:Talking"
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{
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{
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{
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{
"args": {
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"2": "klakken",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "-"
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
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"3": "",
"4": "to clack, strike, knock"
},
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"args": {
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"4": "to twitter, chatter, wrangle, dispute"
},
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"singular",
"third-person"
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"ref": "1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 52",
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}
],
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],
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],
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"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click."
],
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],
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"transitive"
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},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1953, Janice Holt Giles, The Kentuckians",
"text": "The women bunched up in little droves and let their tongues clack, and the men herded together and passed a jug around and, to tell the truth, let their tongues clack too.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English"
],
"glosses": [
"To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty."
],
"links": [
[
"duty",
"duty"
]
],
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"(UK) To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty."
],
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"UK"
]
},
{
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"word": "cluck"
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1934, Gladys Bagg Taber, Late Climbs the Sun, page 30",
"text": "Only the chickens clacked at the Saturday quiet and fat mouse-minded cats licked whiskers on the empty steps.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1964, Frances Margaret Cheadle McGuire, Gardens of Italy, page 57",
"text": "We drive on between meadows of mown grass, through a pergola of vines, and so to an orchard of peaches, apples, and pears and a hen colony housed in neat modern cottages, the chickens clacking and scratching away […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Dated form of cluck."
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"cluck",
"cluck#English"
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],
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"alt-of",
"dated"
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}
],
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},
{
"rhymes": "-æk"
},
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "trakam",
"sense": "to make such a sound",
"word": "тракам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čukam",
"sense": "to make such a sound",
"word": "чукам"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make such a sound",
"word": "klaki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make such a sound",
"word": "kalahtaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make such a sound",
"word": "kolahtaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make such a sound",
"word": "kalista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make such a sound",
"word": "kolista"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chtypó",
"sense": "to make such a sound",
"word": "χτυπώ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "trópa",
"sense": "to make such a sound",
"word": "тро́па"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bǎrborja",
"sense": "to chatter or babble",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "бърборя"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to chatter or babble",
"word": "kälättää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to chatter or babble",
"word": "räpättää"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bŕbori",
"sense": "to chatter or babble",
"word": "бр́бори"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dŕdori",
"sense": "to chatter or babble",
"word": "др́дори"
}
],
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}
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