click-clack

1. 1.

   a succession of clicks

   Broadersound

   Narrowerclickety-clack

Questions about click-clack

What does click-clack mean?

click-clack means "a succession of clicks".

How many syllables are in click-clack?

click-clack has 2 syllables and divides as click--clack under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is click-clack a common word?

click-clack is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.