clanked; clanking; clanks
1
: to make a clank or series of clanks
the radiator hissed and clanked
2
: to go with or as if with a clank
tanks clanking through the streets
: to cause to clank
: a sharp brief metallic ringing sound
Synonyms
Examples of clank in a Sentence
Verb
The radiator hissed and clanked.
The empty can clanked along the sidewalk.
a ghost clanking its chains
Noun
the car is making a funny clank, and this can't be good
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Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2024
What about that Alexander McQueen dress of clanking razor clamshells?
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2024
Feel the noise Rumble, wheeze, groan, roar, whoosh, clank, thud, creak and repeat — this, for me, is the onset of bus reverie.
—Mark Gozonsky, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
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Verb
The Panthers had one more chance to get the win but Ny Langley’s shot clanked off the rim as time expired and Shaw escaped with a 65-64 victory.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2024
What about that Alexander McQueen dress of clanking razor clamshells?
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Noun
In a sprawling new plant in China’s southern Anhui province, armies of orange robotic arms twist, whir, and clank, producing Volkswagen’s latest EVs for the Chinese market.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2024
Feel the noise Rumble, wheeze, groan, roar, whoosh, clank, thud, creak and repeat — this, for me, is the onset of bus reverie.
—Mark Gozonsky, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
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“Clank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clank. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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clank
1 of 2 verb
: to make or move with a clank or series of clanks
clank
2 of 2 noun
: a sharp short ringing sound
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