Click-clack
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 a succession of clicks wordnet
Verb
- 1 To move with alternate clicking and clacking sounds.
"Cora whisked her hat down to cut off communion with him, and slid in among the trees. She lurked there till she heard him say, "Gedup," in a voice thick with rage, and horse and cart click-clacked off along the road, and left it free for her to follow."
Example
More examples"Cora whisked her hat down to cut off communion with him, and slid in among the trees. She lurked there till she heard him say, "Gedup," in a voice thick with rage, and horse and cart click-clacked off along the road, and left it free for her to follow."
Etymology
From click + clack. Compare Dutch klik klak, geklikklak (“click-clack”).
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