click-clack

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noun

ˈkliˌklak

: a succession of clicks or of alternating clicks and clacks

the click-clack of the pendulum of the old grandfather clock

click-clack

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intransitive verb

"

: to make a click-clack sound (as in walking)

click-clacked out of the room

Word History

Etymology

Noun

reduplication of click entry 2

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