"click-clack" meaning in English

See click-clack in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: click-clacks [present, singular, third-person], click-clacking [participle, present], click-clacked [participle, past], click-clacked [past]
Etymology: click + clack. Compare Dutch klik klak, geklikklak (“click-clack”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|click|clack}} click + clack, {{cog|nl|klik klak}} Dutch klik klak, {{m|nl|geklikklak|t=click-clack}} geklikklak (“click-clack”) Head templates: {{en-verb|click-clacks|click-clacking|click-clacked|click-clacked}} click-clack (third-person singular simple present click-clacks, present participle click-clacking, simple past and past participle click-clacked)
  1. To move with alternate clicking and clacking sounds.

Inflected forms

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