- present participle of clack.
clacking
Example Sentences
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It requires the audience to bring their own bad vibes to shots of religious icons on the wall and long takes of Evy clacking on her laptop, unaware of a flickering light behind her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
There's a reassuring clacking as the individual letters hit the blank white page in quick, noisy succession:
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
To be completely fair, if Perkins sought out to make a film that was brutal for brutality’s sake, I might not even be sitting here, clacking away on my keyboard.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2025
They rolled out SpongeBob SquarePants sleeping bags on marble floors that were usually filled with the clacking of legislators’ shoes.
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2025
Before I even pull the door handle, I hear locks clacking.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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