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The sound of shoe heels #1 (permalink) Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:25 am   The sound of shoe heels
 

Hi

I would like you to help me form this sentence! Is there any spicific term for the tic tic sound made by shoe heels?

1- She walked along the dark corridor...

(now I want to write that the tic tic and steady sound of her heels was filling the corridor with a strange fear or eerie feeling etc)

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The sound of shoe heels #2 (permalink) Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:10 am   The sound of shoe heels
 

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Perhaps-- the tapping of her heels...
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The sound of shoe heels #3 (permalink) Fri Sep 08, 2006 13:56 pm   The sound of shoe heels
 

or clicking

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The sound of shoe heels #4 (permalink) Fri Sep 08, 2006 14:13 pm   The sound of shoe heels
 

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Yes, I like clicking too.
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Heels with something to say #5 (permalink) Fri Sep 08, 2006 22:38 pm   Heels with something to say
 

Or:

    - the clickety-clack
    - the clip-clop
    - the click-click(-click)
    - the clack-clack(-clack)
    - the click-click-clack
    - the click-clock-click-clock
    - the clacking
    - the clang
    - the tap-tap(-tap)
    - the clattering
    - the crunch-pop (?)


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