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clank

   [klangk]
–noun
1. a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other: the clank of chains; the clank of an iron gate slamming shut.
–verb (used without object)
2. to make such a sound.
3. to move with such sounds: The old jalopy clanked up the hill.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cause to make a sharp sound, as metal in collision: He clanked the shovel against the pail.
5. to place, put, set, etc., with a clank: to clank the cell door shut.
Origin:
1605–15; < D klank sound
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Language Translation for : Clank
Spanish: hacer un ruido metálico, German: rasseln, Japanese: カチンと鳴る
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clank     (klāngk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A metallic sound, sharp and hard but not resonant: the clank of chains.

intr.v.   clanked, clank·ing, clanks
To make a sharp, hard, metallic sound.


[Probably imitative.]

clank'y adj.
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clank

noun
1. a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" [syn: clang] 

verb
1. make a clank; "the train clanked through the village" 

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Clank

Clamp\, n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf. Clank.] A heavy footstep; a tramp.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

Clank

Clank\, n. [Akin to clink, and of imitative origin; cf. G. klang sound, D. klank. Cf. Clang.] 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.

But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with tyeur clank. --Byron.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

Clank

Clank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Clanking.] To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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