CLACK, v.i. 1. To make a sudden sharp noise, as by striking or cracking; to clink; to click.2. To utter words rapidly and continually, or with sharp, abrupt sounds; to let the tongue run.CLACK, n. 1. A sharp, abrupt sound continually repeated, such as is made by striking an object, or by bursting or cracking; continually talk; as, we do not wish to hear his clack; a common expression. Hence the word is used for the tongue, the instrument of clacking.2. The instrument that strikes the hopper of a grist-mill, to move or shake it, for discharging the corn. And according to Johnson, a bell that rings when more corn is required to be put in.To clack wool, is to cut off the sheeps mark, which makes it weigh less, and yield less duty. |
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