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
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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
Jason Farago, New York Times, 9 May 2024
But when the reigning Big East player of the year clanked three straight free throws down the stretch, No. 17 Marquette had to hang on by the skin of its teeth Saturday.
—Mike Fitzpatrick, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
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Verb
What about that Alexander McQueen dress of clanking razor clamshells?
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 9 May 2024
But when the reigning Big East player of the year clanked three straight free throws down the stretch, No. 17 Marquette had to hang on by the skin of its teeth Saturday.
—Mike Fitzpatrick, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
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“Clank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clank. Accessed 1 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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