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Clank

Clank Meaning & Definition
Clank Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Clank?

[n] a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
[v] make a clank

Synonyms | Synonyms for Clank: clang | clangor | clangoring | clangour | clash | crash

Related Terms | Find terms related to Clank: belch | blare | blat | bray | burr | buzz | cackle | caw | change ringing | chime | chiming | chink | chirr | clang | clanging | clangor | clanking | clash | clink | craunch | croak | crump | crunch | ding | ding-a-ling | dingdong | dinging | dingle | dong | donging | gong | grind | groan | growl | grumble | jangle | jar | jingle | jinglejangle | jingle-jangle | jingling | knell | knelling | peal | peal ringing | pealing | rasp | ring | ring changes | ringing | scranch | scrape | scratch | scrunch | snarl | snore | sound | sound a knell | ting | ting-a-ling | tingle | tingling | tink | tinkle | tinkling | tinnitus | tintinnabulate | toll | tolling | twang

See Also | go | noise | sound

Clank In Webster's Dictionary

\Clank\, n. [Akin to clink, and of imitative origin; cf. G. klang sound, D. klank. Cf. {Clang}.] A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink. But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with tyeur clank. --Byron.
\Clank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clanked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clanking}.] To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.
\Clank\, v. i. To sound with a clank.

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