Definition of Clacking

1. Verb. (present participle of clack) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clacking

1. clack [v] - See also: clack

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clacking

clabbers
clach
clachan
clachans
clachs
clack
clack valve
clackbox
clacked
clacker
clackers
clackety
clacking (current term)
clackity
clacks
clad
cladal
claddagh
claddaghs
cladded
cladder
cladders
cladding
claddings
clade
clades
cladi

Literary usage of Clacking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chronicles of Baltimore: Being a Complete History of "Baltimore Town by John Thomas Scharf (1874)
"Mr. Cooper with his own hands opened the throttle and admitted the steam into the cylinder, the crank-substitute operated successfully with a clacking noise ..."

2. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1898)
"E. BROWN & SON'S 7, GARRICK STREET, LONDON, WO, MELTONIAN clacking (As used in the Royal Household) Renders the Boots Soft, Durable, and Waterproof. and 26, ..."

3. The Western Lancet by Leonides M. Lawson (1847)
"The first souffle persists and the second becomes more pronounced; but what is very singular this is now accompanied by a very distinct clacking. ..."

4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... modes of clacking is the dental, in which the tip of the tongue is ... with much lefs clacking, which was heard in fome few words only. ..."

5. Human Physiology by Robley Dunglison (1846)
"J clacking of the auriculo-ventri- i cular valves in the systole. Friction of the molecules ... clacking of the semilunar- valves 1 in the diastole. I Do. ..."

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