clank

/klæŋk/
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Other forms: clanking; clanked; clanks

Definitions of clank
  1. noun
    a loud resonant repeating noise
    synonyms: clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clash, crash
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    type of:
    noise
    sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
  2. verb
    make a clank
    “the train clanked through the village”
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    type of:
    go, sound
    make a certain noise or sound
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