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
Recent Examples on the Web
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
Other serious competition includes: A former jail that makes unexplained clanking sounds.
—Paul Edward Parker, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024
The pipes in the house started to whirr and clank like an old tractor.
—Hazlitt, 2 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Dan Kenyon’s dense sound design is another highly effective component, often blurring the lines between ambient noise and composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s chilling score, which incorporates clanking, groaning, juddering industrial sounds and leans heavily into distortion.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
Other serious competition includes: A former jail that makes unexplained clanking sounds.
—Paul Edward Parker, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
Tyrann Mathieu watched clank off his hands and to the turf.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024
The pipes in the house started to whirr and clank like an old tractor.
—Hazlitt, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Clank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clank. Accessed 31 Oct. 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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