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Recent Examples of clack
Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
The song ended and a clash of bar sounds filled its void: ice shaking in tin, shuffleboard pucks clacking, a couple seated at the bar hollering in dismay at a TV suspended above the bartender’s head.
—Athena Sobhan, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024
Nina Strochlic, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
Once built, the rounded keys clack and the paper carriage moves.
—New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
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Verb
Many of these devices are equipped with noise-cancelling technology that muffles the ambient sound of the world—honking cars, yelling children, clacking keyboards—by emitting vibrations of the opposite frequency.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
The song ended and a clash of bar sounds filled its void: ice shaking in tin, shuffleboard pucks clacking, a couple seated at the bar hollering in dismay at a TV suspended above the bartender’s head.
—Athena Sobhan, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024
Noun
Instead, it is squeezed next to a gaming parlor that echoes with clacks from a foosball table.
—Nina Strochlic, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
Once built, the rounded keys clack and the paper carriage moves.
—New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clack
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Emiliano Martinez had pulled off a miraculous save earlier in the half but was now lying on the floor after clattering into the post trying to save the header.Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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In that moment of hesitation, the ball still at his feet, Brereton Diaz clatters into him from behind, his elbow raised.Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 17 Aug. 2024
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Ohio isn't known for seismic activity, but two noticeable earthquakes rattled the state in the past two weeks.Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 29 Dec. 2024
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Then, in the third, Olivier rattled Boston’s Charlie McAvoy with a hit along the wall and was challenged to a fight by defenseman Nikita Zadorov.Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
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And so the advice not to click links or open attachments in any of your emails remains.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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And more specifically, love us back by clicking on and sharing our articles.Fran Tirado, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Clack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clack. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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