clickety-click

noun

A rapid, rhythmic sound of alternating clicks, often such as typewriter keys or train wheels on tracks.

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Meanings

nounclickety-click (countable and uncountable, plural clickety-clicks)

plural clickety-clicks · alternative clickety-clack · alternative clickety click

  1. countablefigurativelyinformalA rapid, rhythmic sound of alternating clicks, often such as typewriter keys or train wheels on tracks.
  2. uncountablebingoSixty-six.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna fast and rhythmic click-clack

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Reduplication of click, with the frequentative suffix -ety added in-between.

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APA

clickety-click. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clickety-click

MLA

“clickety-click.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clickety-click. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clickety-click,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clickety-click.

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