Clank

English

Noun

Clank (plural Clanks)

1. A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal, especially such a repetitive sound.

Verb

Clank (third-person singular simple present Clanks, present participle Clanking, simple past and past participle Clanked)

1. (intransitive) To make a clanking sound

Adjectives for Clank

steady; metallic; tiny; tinkling.

Thesaurus

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, belch, blare, blat, bray, burr, buzz, cackle, caw, change ringing, chime, chiming, chink, chirr, clang, clanging, clangor, clanking, clash, clink, craunch, croak, crump, crunch,

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æŋk

Translations

Noun

loud, hard metallic sound

Finnish: kalahdus (fi) (individual), kalina (fi) (repetitive)

Verb

to make a clanking sound

Finnish: kalauttaa (fi), kalahtaa (fi) (individual), kalistaa (fi), kalistella (fi), kalisuttaa (fi), kalahdella (fi) (repetitive)