clank
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klæŋk/
- Rhymes: -æŋk
Noun
clank (plural clanks)
- A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
Usage notes
- Clank usually expresses a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.
Derived terms
- clankless
- clanky
Translations
loud, hard metallic sound
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Verb
clank (third-person singular simple present clanks, present participle clanking, simple past and past participle clanked)
- (intransitive) To make a clanking sound
- The chains clanked.
- (transitive) To cause to sound with a clank.
- The prisoners clank their chains.
Translations
to make a clanking sound
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