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▪ I. clacking, vbl. n.|ˈklækɪŋ|
[f. clack v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. clack: a. the making of a sharp, hard noise.
1565–78Cooper Thesaurus, Closmus, a clacking with the tongue to cheare a horse. c1610Sir J. Melvil Mem. (1735) 393 The clacking of their Culverins and Pistols. 1832Marryat N. Forster xxviii, Clacking of patterns. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. (1865) II. iv. ix. 23 A common Mill..its clacking audible upon the common Stream.
b. Chatter of tongues; noisy talk.
1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. (1594) 118 When they adde to their clacking euill speech and backe-biting. 1620Bp. Hall Hon. Mar. Clergy §19 (T.) To weary the world with his foolish clacking. 1863B. Taylor H. Thurston i. 19 Again the clacking of tongues rose high and shrill.
▪ II. ˈclacking, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That clacks.
1611Cotgr., Clac..any thing that makes a clacking or clattering noise. 1865Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 384 A brook..hurries away to a clacking mill. 1870Morris Earthly Par. iii. 278 The clacking loom..still did stand. |