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clicketty-clack

clicketty-clack noun: a clicking, clacking sound, as of horse hooves on a pavement.

Noun

clicketty-clack (plural clicketty-clacks)

  1. A clicking, clacking sound, as of horse hooves on a pavement.
    • She drew aside off the road because of the clicketty-clack of horse and cart behind her, but the cart pulled up and a voice said, "Hallo, Cora, want a lift?"1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 168

Forms of clicketty-clack

pluralclicketty-clacks

Questions about clicketty-clack

What does clicketty-clack mean?
Clicketty-clack means a clicking, clacking sound, as of horse hooves on a pavement.
What part of speech is clicketty-clack?
Clicketty-clack is a noun.
What is the plural of clicketty-clack?
The plural of clicketty-clack is clicketty-clacks.

Words near clicketty-clack in the dictionary

  1. clicketed
  2. clicketing
  3. clickets
  4. clicketted
  5. clicketting
  6. clicketty-clack
  7. clicketty-clacks
  8. clickety
  9. clickety click
  10. clickety clicks
  11. clickety-clack

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