Screech vs Clack - What's the difference?
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A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
(qualifier) Newfoundland rum.
A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.
To make such a sound.
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(figuratively) to travel very fast, as if making the sounds of brakes being released
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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
To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
* Thackeray
To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
(UK) To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.
Screech is a related term of clack.
As nouns the difference between screech and clack
is that screech is a high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface while clack is an abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a clatter; in sound, midway between a click and a clunk.As verbs the difference between screech and clack
is that screech is to make such a sound while clack is to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.screech
English
Noun
Derived terms
* screech bird * screecher * screech hawk * screech owlVerb
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Anagrams
* Canadian Englishclack
English
Noun
(en noun)- Whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack .
Derived terms
* clack box * clack dish * clack door * clack valveVerb
(en verb)- We heard Mr. Hodson's whip clacking on the shoulders of the poor little wretches.
- (Feltham)