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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLANK, n [See Clang.] The loud, shrill, sharp sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies.
CLANK, v.t. To make a sharp, shrill sound; to strike with a sharp sound; as, the prisoners clank their chains.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: probably imitative Date: 1656 intransitive verb 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> transitive verb to cause to clank • clankingly adverb II. noun Date: 1656 a sharp brief metallic ringing sound

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a sound as of heavy pieces of metal meeting or a chain rattling. --v. 1 intr. make a clanking sound. 2 tr. cause to clank. Derivatives: clankingly adv. Etymology: imit.: cf. CLANG, CLINK(1), Du. klank

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

Clank Clank, v. i. To sound with a clank.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(clanks, clanking, clanked) When large metal objects clank, they make a noise because they are hitting together or hitting against something hard. A pan rattled and clanked... 'Here we are now,' Beth said, as the train clanked into a tiny station. ...the clanking noise of the ferry. VERB: V, V prep, V-ing

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Clang, clash.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A silver tankard. Cant.

Moby Thesaurus

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