Chack

Wonder whether I can come that _chicker, chicker, chick, chack, chack, chack_, like one of them big monkeys. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

"It's without the 'C,'" she said, referring to chack, though she cautioned that her familiarity comes from speaking German. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

When I waded out into the shallow water toward their rushy home, the old birds became quite uneasy, circling about above me like the red-wings, and uttering a harsh blackbird "chack," varied at intervals by a loud, and not unmusical, chirp. ❋ Unknown (1896)

The western larks do not utter alarums of that kind, but a harsh "chack" instead, very similar to the call of the grackles. ❋ Unknown (1896)

First came a scolding note like that of an oriole, then the "chack" of a blackbird, and next a sweet, clear whistle, one following the other rapidly and vehemently, as if the performer intended to display all his accomplishments in a breath. ❋ Olive Thorne Miller (1874)

These birds also give a characteristic raspy "chack" call, often in flight. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"chack" two or three times repeated, then subdued barks like those of a distressed puppy, followed by hoarse "mews" and other sounds suggesting almost any creature rather than one in feathers. ❋ Olive Thorne Miller (1874)

So, when he opened his mouth to say "chack," a note or two would irresistibly bubble out beside it, as if he said, "You really must go away, my big friend. ❋ Olive Thorne Miller (1874)

The chack of the first fieldfare of the winter came close behind the last swallow of the summer, and we were in the thick of it. ❋ TIM DEE (2009)

The chack of one bird immediately triggers an answering call, which in turn prompts another to speak on. ❋ TIM DEE (2009)

On a late February day at a suburban crossroads in Bristol, a blackcap is calling its harsh chack from a eucalyptus tree. ❋ TIM DEE (2009)

His public trials, which are nothing in comparison save a mere form, are to take place, by order of the Honourable Dean of Faculty, on Wednesday first; and on Friday he puts on the gown, and gives a bit chack of dinner to his friends and acquaintances, as is, you know, the custom. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sounds like a similar pompous ass who, late checking in for a flight, pushed his way to the front of the queue and had an altercation with the chack-in agent, culminating with the inevitable 'Don't you know who I am?' ❋ Unknown (2007)

Their conversations, punctuated by the chack of the cleavers on the chopping blocks, revealed just how much damage had been done to dragons and riders in that frantic dash for home yesterday afternoon. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2003)

Their chack, chack, chack bounced and echoed, it seemed, round every stone in the castle walls. ❋ George, Elizabeth (1996)

Blackbirds also give a “chack” call and an alarm whistle. ❋ Janine M. Benyus (1989)

As they came near to the better tower of the two the jackdaws circled round them with loud cries of "Chack, chack, chack!" ❋ Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 (1967)

"The jackdaws made such a noise, they said 'Chack, chack, chack,' all the time." ❋ Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 (1967)