clickety-clack

clickety-clack
/klik"i tee klak"/, n.
a rhythmic, swiftly paced succession of alternating clicks and clacks, as the sound produced by the wheels of a train moving over tracks. Also called clickety-click /klik"i tee klik"/.
[1875-80; metrical compound from CLICK1, CLACK]

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