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
Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024
Hartford’s Victor Mancini’s shot from the right wing clanked off the the goal cross bar and clanked again, this time of Leschyshyn’s skate and past Bruins goalie Brandon Bussi and into the net sending much of the crowd of 6,003 into celebration mode.
—From Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2024
John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
Typically cheers in a pub are clanks of glasses or yells for a favorite team.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
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Verb
An at-bat before Gurriel’s back-breaking sixth-inning homer, Teoscar Hernández seemed to mistakenly think Walker had hit another home run to left field, pulling up at the warning track on a double that clanked off the top of the wall and might have been catchable.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024
Hartford’s Victor Mancini’s shot from the right wing clanked off the the goal cross bar and clanked again, this time of Leschyshyn’s skate and past Bruins goalie Brandon Bussi and into the net sending much of the crowd of 6,003 into celebration mode.
—From Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2024
Noun
Inside, multi-ton letterpresses clank and whir, fires roar, melting down metal and bookbinders painstakingly fold pages upon pages upon pages.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
Typically cheers in a pub are clanks of glasses or yells for a favorite team.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
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“Clank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clank. Accessed 26 Jul. 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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