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clickety-click

clickety-click noun: a rapid, rhythmic sound of alternating clicks, often such as typewriter keys or train wheels on tracks.

Noun

clickety-click (countable and uncountable, plural clickety-clicks)

  1. (countable, figuratively, informal) A rapid, rhythmic sound of alternating clicks, often such as typewriter keys or train wheels on tracks.
  2. (uncountable) Sixty-six.

Forms of clickety-click

pluralclickety-clicks
alternative formclickety-clack
alternative formclickety click

Origin of clickety-click

Reduplication of click, with the frequentative suffix -ety added in-between.

Questions about clickety-click

What does clickety-click mean?
Clickety-click means a rapid, rhythmic sound of alternating clicks, often such as typewriter keys or train wheels on tracks.
What part of speech is clickety-click?
Clickety-click is a noun.
What is the plural of clickety-click?
The plural of clickety-click is clickety-clicks.

Words near clickety-click in the dictionary

  1. clickety
  2. clickety click
  3. clickety clicks
  4. clickety-clack
  5. clickety-clacks
  6. clickety-click
  7. clickety-clicks
  8. clickfest
  9. clickfests
  10. clickfraud
  11. clickhaler

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