Clack or clack means to make a sharp noise of striking or cracking--
I could hear his packages clack on his way up the stairs.
Clack may also mean a sharp striking or cracking noise--
I heard a clack, like something fell, but I don't see anything on the floor.
Claque or claque ( rhymes with clack ) means a group of persons hired to applaud or laugh at a show or at a comedian, or a group that would trade praise for a gain of some kind--
You can hear the claque in these old TV sitcoms.
He's afraid no one will laugh at his jokes, so he hired a claque.
This is a claque; the members write good reviews in exchange for free products.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"When the claque gets tired of clapping, it can clack these pieces of wood together."
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