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clank /klaŋk /nounA loud, sharp sound or series of sounds, as is made by pieces of metal being struck together: the groan and clank of a winch...- With a series of sharp metal clanks from each of the twelve locks the gateway swung open quietly on well oiled hinges to allow the travelers passage.
- There was a loud clank as the metal hit concrete.
- The sand disappeared in a giant ‘whoosh’ and the empty hemispherical sections returned together with a sharp clank.
Synonyms jangling, clanging, rattling, clinking, jingling, clunking, clattering; clang, jangle, rattle, clangour, clink, jingle, clunk, clatter verbMake or cause to make a clank: [no object]: I could hear the chain clanking [with object]: he clanked his heavy ring of keys...- So if you see me driving round in a big, clanking heavy old thing, you will know that I got it right and chose the car.
- They got off the bus and were led, leg chains clanking and dragging on the cobbles as they shuffled along, following the warder.
- Less than a second later, the chains clanked against the wall.
Synonyms jangle, rattle, clink, clang, jingle, clunk, clatter Derivatives Origin Late Middle English (but rare before the mid 17th century): imitative. Rhymes ankh, bank, blank, crank, dank, drank, embank, flank, franc, frank, hank, lank, outflank, outrank, Planck, plank, point-blank, prank, rank, sank, shank, shrank, spank, stank, swank, tank, thank, yank |