clank

🇺🇸 /klæŋk/ 🇬🇧 /klæŋk/
Frequency
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verb
R

to make a loud, metallic noise

The metal gate clanked as it was pulled shut.

noun
R

a loud, metallic sound

The clank of the chains echoed through the corridor.

translation

v. to make a loud, metallic noise
n. a loud, metallic sound

Word Forms

3rd Present clanks
Progressive clanking
Perfect clanked
Past clanked
Plural clanks