Clank

Definition of Clank

Pronunciation: klăņk
n.1.A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; - usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.
But not in chains to pine,
His spirit withered with tyeur clank.
- Byron.
v. t.1.To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.
[imp. & p. p. Clanked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Clanking.]
v. i.1.To sound with a clank.

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