Definitions
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Word origin
From Middle English clacken, clakken, claken, from Old English *clacian (“to slap, clap, clack”), from Proto-Germanic *klakōną (“to clap, chirp”). Cognate with Scots clake, claik (“to utter cries", also "to bedaub, sully with a sticky substance”), Dutch klakken (“to clack, crack”), Low German klakken (“to slap on, daub”), Norwegian klakke (“to clack, strike, knock”), Icelandic klaka (“to twitter, chatter, wrangle, dispute”).
Used in a sentence
“whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack”
“We heard Mr. Hodson's whip clacking on the shoulders of the poor little wretches.”
“[He] walked quite jauntily across the courtyard to the distant door, his sandals clacking against the marble.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Sharp clicking sound”5 letters
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