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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024clank /klæŋk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a sharp, short, hard sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking: the clank of chains.
v. - to (cause to) make such a sound: [no object]The prisoner's chains clanked as he walked.[~ + object]He clanked the chains.
- to move with such sounds:[no object]The huge tank clanked down the streets.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024clank (klangk),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
v.i. - to make such a sound.
- to move with such sounds:The old jalopy clanked up the hill.
v.t. - to cause to make a sharp sound, as metal in collision:He clanked the shovel against the pail.
- to place, put, set, etc., with a clank:to clank the cell door shut.
- Dutch klank sound
- 1605–15
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