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clack valve

n. a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction

clatter, brattle

v. make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes"

click, cluck, make a cluck, make clucking sounds

v. make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens

piffle, gibber, palaver, gabble, tattle, tittle-tattle, chatter, prate, prattle, twaddle, maunder, blabber

v. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

clatter

n. a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones"

crash, clash, clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, jangle, clangouring

n. a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells"

racket

n. a loud and disturbing noise

force, strength, forcefulness

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

bankruptcy

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

click, chatter

v. click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth"

coo, speak lovingly, speak softly

v. speak softly or lovingly; "The mother who held her baby was cooing softly"

gas, bluster, boast, brag, vaunt, tout, swash, gasconade, shoot a line

v. show off

visit, chat, jaw, confab, chitchat, gossip, chatter, confabulate, chaffer, natter, claver

v. talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

gossip, wag one's tongue

v. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt"

talk, peach, babble, tattle, blab, sing, babble out, blab out

v. divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"

report, describe, report on

v. give information

rumor, rumour, bruit

v. tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"

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