clack

Definitions

1. 1.To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run.
2. 2.To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
3. 3.To utter rapidly and inconsiderately. Feltham. To clack wool, to cut off the sheep's mark, in order to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty. [Eng.]
4. 4.A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object.
5. 5.Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
6. 6.Continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating. Whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack. South. Clack box (Mach.), the box or chamber in which a clack valve works. -- Clack dish, a dish with a movable lid, formerly carried by beggars, who clacked the lid to attract notice. Shak. Clack door (Mining), removable cover of the opening through which access is had to a pump valve. -- Clack valve (Mach.), a valve; esp. one hinged at one edge, which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking sound.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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