clacking

verbclatter

Synonyms for clacking

verb clatter

Antonyms for clacking

be quiet

Word Origin & History

mid-13c., not in Old English, from Old Norse klaka "to chatter," of echoic origin; cf. Dutch klakken "to clack, crack," Old High German kleken, French claquer "to clap, crack (see claque). Related: Clacked; clacking.

Example Sentences for clacking

And the clacking tongue of Ma Ransford pursued his every movement.

Horses rear and there are shouts and curses and clacking of reins in the darkness.

It makes also a loud sound, by clacking its teeth, and lashing its tail on the water.

The silence was only broken by the clacking of the fans in the saloon.

Nature broke the mould when that clacking nuisance was turned out.

Or had the terrible sound from Palzig quenched its clacking?

It must think that when it gets them creaking and clacking it is doing mischief.

An hour later the town hall was a babel of clacking tongues.

Each of the hundreds of caskets was adding its voice to the clacking chorus.

"It's from his mother he's taken his liking for clacking words, then," he said.