clank

• IPA^(key): /klæŋk/
• Rhymes: -æŋk

clank (plural clanks)

1. A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.

• Clank usually expresses a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.

• clankless
• clanky

clank (third-person singular simple present clanks, present participle clanking, simple past and past participle clanked)

1. (intransitive) To make a clanking sound

   The chains clanked.

2. (transitive) To cause to sound with a clank.

   The prisoners clank their chains.