clank
verb/klæŋk/
/klæŋk/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they clank | /klæŋk/ /klæŋk/ |
| he / she / it clanks | /klæŋks/ /klæŋks/ |
| past simple clanked | /klæŋkt/ /klæŋkt/ |
| past participle clanked | /klæŋkt/ /klæŋkt/ |
| -ing form clanking | /ˈklæŋkɪŋ/ /ˈklæŋkɪŋ/ |
- to make a loud sound like pieces of metal hitting each other; to cause something to make this sound
- clanking chains
- + adj. I heard a steel door clank shut.
- clank something The guard clanked his heavy ring of keys.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryClank is used with these nouns as the subject:- chain
Word Originlate Middle English (but rare before the mid 17th cent.): imitative.Definitions on the go
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