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Cracked vs Clacked - What's the difference?

cracked | clacked |

As verbs the difference between cracked and clacked

is that cracked is past tense of crack while clacked is past tense of clack.

As an adjective cracked

is broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.

cracked

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.
  • Broken into coarse pieces.
  • (of a voice) Harsh or dissonant.
  • (slang) Crazy; crackpot.

    • Synonyms

    * (broken so that cracks appear ): crazed * (broken into coarse pieces ): * (of a voice ): discordant, dissonant, harsh, inharmonious, raspy, rough * (slang: crazy ): See also

    Derived terms

    * cracked up * cracked wheat * not all it's cracked up to be

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crack)

    • clacked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (clack)

    • Anagrams

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    clack

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a clatter; in sound, midway between a click and a clunk
  • Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
  • chatter; prattle
  • * South
    • Whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack .

    Derived terms

    * clack box * clack dish * clack door * clack valve

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
  • * Thackeray
    • We heard Mr. Hodson's whip clacking on the shoulders of the poor little wretches.
  • To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
  • To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
    • (Feltham)
  • (UK) To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.