chat vs clack

chat

noun
  • Informal conversation. 

  • A louse (small, parasitic insect). 

  • Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects. 

  • A chat room. 

  • An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation. 

  • A small potato, such as is given to swine. 

  • Mining waste from lead and zinc mines. 

  • The entirety of users in a chat room or a single member thereof. 

  • Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura. 

  • A conversation to stop an argument or settle a situation. 

verb
  • To talk more than a few words. 

  • To talk of; to discuss. 

  • To be engaged in informal conversation. 

  • To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation. 

clack

noun
  • Chatter; prattle. 

  • The tongue. 

  • An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a 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. 

verb
  • To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration. 

  • To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click. 

  • To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click. 

  • To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty. 

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