1.
[syn: clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash]
VERB (1)
1. make a clank;
- Example: "the train clanked through the village"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clank \Clank\ (kl[a^][ng]k), 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.
[1913 Webster]
But not in chains to pine,
His spirit withered with tyeur clank. --Byron.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clank \Clank\, v. i.
To sound with a clank.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clank
n 1: a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang
of distant bells" [syn: clang, clangor, clangour,
clangoring, clank, clash, crash]
v 1: make a clank; "the train clanked through the village"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "clank":
belch, blare, blat, bray, burr, buzz, cackle, caw, change ringing,
chime, chiming, chink, chirr, clang, clanging, clangor, clanking,
clash, clink, craunch, croak, crump, crunch, ding, ding-a-ling,
dingdong, dinging, dingle, dong, donging, gong, grind, groan,
growl, grumble, jangle, jar, jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle,
jingling, knell, knelling, peal, peal ringing, pealing, rasp, ring,
ring changes, ringing, scranch, scrape, scratch, scrunch, snarl,
snore, sound, sound a knell, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling,
tink, tinkle, tinkling, tinnitus, tintinnabulate, toll, tolling,
twang