clickety click
Rails beneath wheels
Clickety click imitates a rapid, rhythmic clicking sound—the noise of train wheels on tracks, a keyboard under fast fingers, or knitting needles at work.
The reduplicated form emphasizes repetition and speed: The clickety click of her heels echoed down the hallway.
In British bingo slang, clickety click calls the number sixty-six.
- snickSmall shallow cut
- tockingClock's second beat
- tick tockAlternating clock sounds
- clock towerElevated public timepiece
- ratchetToothed one-way mechanism
keystroke · ring · keyboard · gear · repetition · sprocket · metronome · typewriter · pattern · cog · mouse · beat · lever · sewing machine · train · train tracks · cadence · pulse