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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
No more clacking away at a keyboard or glancing between screens—just a straightforward, focused conversation.
—James Lindsey, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
Instead, it is squeezed next to a gaming parlor that echoes with clacks from a foosball table.
—Nina Strochlic, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
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Verb
There on the round expanse of polished, inlaid pebble, dozens of men and women are mingling, spike heels clacking on the irregular surface, ordering drinks from tuxedoed bartenders, soaking up this dreamlike atmosphere.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
No more clacking away at a keyboard or glancing between screens—just a straightforward, focused conversation.
—James Lindsey, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
The clack of assault rifles being fired punctured the air.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
Instead, it is squeezed next to a gaming parlor that echoes with clacks from a foosball table.
—Nina Strochlic, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clack
Verb
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Its perils are represented by skeletons clattering behind the migrant, one cupping an hourglass just over his shoulder.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2025
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But the 200 in attendance burst into life when Kylian Mbappe scores Madrid’s first from the penalty spot in the fifth minute after being clattered by goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.—
Tomás Hill López-Menchero,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
Verb
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The booms rattle windows, frighten pets, and have raised concerns about threats to the structural integrity of private homes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2025
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The chill in investor confidence spread to the stock market, but several announcements from Trump about tariffs rattled stocks deeper.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
Verb
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Just tap or click your answers to the five questions below.—
J. D. Biersdorfer,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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To read the results of previous reader polls, click here.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
19 May 2025
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“Clack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clack. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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