Clank

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  • noun. A metallic sound, sharp and hard but not resonant.
  • intransitive verb. To make a sharp, hard, metallic sound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A sharp, hard, metallic sound: as, the clank of chains or fetters.
  • To cause to sound with a clank: as, to clank chains. See the noun.
  • To give a ringing blow to.
  • To sound with or give out a clank.
  • To deposit, put, place, or set down with a clanking sound.
  • To move with a clanking sound.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To sound with a clank.
  • noun. 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.
  • transitive verb. To cause to sound with a clank.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal, especially such a repetitive sound.
  • verb. To make a clanking sound
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a loud resonant repeating noise
  • verb. make a clank
  • Word Usage
    "Somewhere in the distance a train was shunting; _clank, clank, clank_ went the wagons."
    Form
    clanked  clanking  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    go  noise  sound  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blanc  Franck  Frank  Hank  Montblanc  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bang  blare  clack  clash  clatter  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    belch  blare  blat  bray  burr  
    verb-form
    clanked  clanking  clanks