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Synonyms for clack

33 synonyms
3 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

chatter cackle jabber prate snap

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Prattle

prattle, palaver, chatter, cackle, prate, jabber, tittle-tattle, babble, gossip, tattle, blab, blabber, waffle, twaddle, gab, gabble, piffle, gibber, mander, ramble, blather, natter

2. Clatter

clatter, brattle, rattle, rattle on

3. Click

Other

Noun

clap, bibble-babble, bavardage

Definitions

v. 1
To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
v. 2
To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
v. 3
To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
n. 1
An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.

Related words

Phrases: clack dish clack valve

Forms

Plural: clacks → claps, bibble-babbles…
Past participle: clacked
e.g. clacked → prattled, palavered, chattered, cackled…

Example sentences

chatter She finds comfort in silence rather than chatter.
cackle She does nothing but talk and cackle.
jabber He spends all his time chatting online on Jabber.
snap Snap out of it! You haven't done a thing all week.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
clack		rising
chatter		rising
cackle		rising
jabber		rising
prate		steady
snap		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: gab¹
4 letters: snap¹, clap¹, blab¹
5 letters: click¹, crack¹, cluck¹, prate
6 letters: gossip², rattle², waffle², ramble², babble², cackle², jabber, tattle², mander², natter², piffle, gibber, gabble
7 letters: chatter², clatter², prattle², palaver, blather², twaddle², blabber², brattle²
9 letters: bavardage

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gossip² = 2 syllables).