clank

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Noun

clank (plural clanks)

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  1. A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.

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  • Clank usually expresses a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.

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clank (third-person singular simple present clanks, present participle clanking, simple past and past participle clanked)

  1. (intransitive) To make a clanking sound
    The chains clanked.
    • 1922, E R Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape , →OCLC, page 7:
      Slung from his shoulders clanks a two-handed sword, the pommel a huge star-ruby carven in the image of a heart, for the heart is his sign and symbol.
    • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
      Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was chuffing and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely.
  2. (transitive) To cause to sound with a clank.
    The prisoners clank their chains.

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