Literary notes about clack (AI summary)
In literature, "clack" serves a dual role, often evoking a sharp, rhythmic sound as well as a recurring character name. Authors employ it to mimic mechanical noises—whether the click-clack of a train’s wheels [1, 2], the rapid firing sound of a mowing machine [3], or the staccato chatter of tongues in gossip [4]—imbuing scenes with vivid auditory imagery. Concurrently, "Miss Clack" appears repeatedly as a character in narratives, notably in The Moonstone, where her name punctuates dialogues and actions [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. This layered usage highlights the word's versatility, capturing both the sonic texture of a setting and contributing to character identity.
- [sound of railroad train rolling on rails] clickety-clack.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - All this time the mowing-machine kept up a click-clack-click-clack !
— from The Tale of Cuffy Bear by Arthur Scott Bailey - Early and late there sounded far up the mountainside the click-clack-click-clack of Farmer Green's mowing-machine.
— from The Tale of Cuffy Bear by Arthur Scott Bailey - Notwithstanding the weather, the clack of tongues was incessant.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli - —Miss Clack may make her mind quite easy on this point.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - “And Miss Clack had better not explain herself.”
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - “Let me appeal, my dear Miss Clack, to your experience of children,” he went on.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - “You had better not have explained yourself, Miss Clack,” he said, and bowed, and left the room.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - “Miss Clack is extremely sorry to trouble Mr. Franklin Blake with another letter.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
