Verb I heard her heels clacking down the hall. He clacked his teeth together.
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Glasses clink and shakers clack as bartenders race to keep up with the thirsty crowd reclining on velvet sofas and drinking in the view. Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2022 The bill clack from a giant pterosaur, one with a nine-foot-long skull, could have been deafening to a wide range of creatures at close range. Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2022 Some species will sashay and shimmy and shriek; others are more muted, satisfied to simply bow and nod, and click and clack their beaks together. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2021 Typewriters still clack, and cigarettes (lots of cigarettes) get smoked.BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2021 After losing its bricks-and-mortar shop in the pandemic, Empanology may have found a forever home in the backyard of the Bronx Brewery in Mott Haven, under the tracks where freight trains and Acela coaches clack along regularly.New York Times, 20 Apr. 2021 The keys once again make a joyful click and clack with each press. Michael Andronico, CNN Underscored, 1 Apr. 2021 Remember when a person would clack fresh pepper over your bowl of dish? Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 1 July 2020 Plus, the mechanical shifter protruding from the dashboard clacks inexpensively. Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2020
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There's also the sound of the keys to consider which ranges from ultra-quiet to what could be a comforting clickety-clack. Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2022 The door opens to the same clack of bell and clapper. Peter Christopher, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 The return trip was quieter, with the sun, the creaking cars and the steady click-clack of the train lulling many of the children, and some of the adults, to sleep.New York Times, 11 June 2022 Throttle response is satisfyingly linear, and the gear lever clack-clacks across the open gate in trad Ferrari style. Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2022 Until then, the image of Alice speeding down the runway — propellers cutting the air without the clack of combustion — stands as a metaphor for the promise of electric aviation: tantalizingly close to takeoff. Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2022 The film feels like rhythmic poetry, guided by the steady click-clack of train tracks that mark daily life and punctuated by purple aubergines, vibrant sabzis, and the small moments of life and love when food plays the narrator. Esra Erol, Bon Appétit, 24 Mar. 2022 However, its stabilizers are loud, especially the rackety spacebar that popped up aggressively with a loud plastic clack during testing. Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2022 Cheers from thousands of San Antonians accompanied the clickety-clack sound of longhorns, sheep and horses Saturday morning as herds made their way through the city’s downtown streets. Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2022 See More