clank
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klæŋk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -æŋk
Noun
clank (plural clanks)
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Verb
clank (third-person singular simple present clanks, present participle clanking, simple past and past participle clanked)
- (intransitive) To make a clanking sound
- The chains clanked.
- 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros, London: Jonathan Cape, page 7:
- Slung from his shoulders clanks a two-handed sword, the pommel a huge star-ruby carven in the image of a heart, for the heart is his sign and symbol.
- 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
- Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was chuffing and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely.
- (transitive) To cause to sound with a clank.
- The prisoners clank their chains.
Derived terms
Translations
to make a clanking sound
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to cause to sound with a clank
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