[klangk] 
| 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. |
| 2. | to make such a sound. |
| 3. | to move with such sounds: The old jalopy clanked up the hill. |
| 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. |
| clank (klāngk) 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. |