clankingn.
/ˈklaŋkɪŋ/ The action of clank v.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > clank
clank1656
twanking1711
clanking1766
clankety-clank1895
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xi. 171 The clanking of my son's irons was..heard along the passage.
1881 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. The harsh clanking of the pump that was kept going on and off through the night.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
clankingadj.
That clanks.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [adjective] > clanking
clanking1697
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 303 His Horses flanks..are forc'd to feel The clanking lash.
1795 R. Southey Vision Maid of Orleans ii. 32 The distant sound of clanking anvils.
1844 A. B. Welby Poems (1867) 173 Clanking chains.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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