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1. (n.) clank
a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that of two pieces of metal striking together:
the clank of chains.
2. (v.i.) clank
to make such a sound.
3. clank
to move with such sounds:
The old truck clanked up the hill.
4. (v.t.) clank
to cause to make a sharp sound, as metal in collision.
5. clank
to place, set, etc., with a clank:
to clank the door shut.
Etymology: (1605–15; < D klank sound)
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1. (verb) clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash
a loud resonant repeating noise
"he could hear the clang of distant bells"
2. (verb) clank
make a clank
"the train clanked through the village"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) clank
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
2. (verb) clank
to cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains
3. (verb) clank
to sound with a clank
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Sense: to produce a sound like that made by heavy pieces of metal striking each other
The chains clanked.
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 Afrikaans: rammel |
 Arabic: يُصَلْصِل، يُقَعْقِع |
 Bulgarian: дрънча |
 Brazilian: tinir |
 Czech: řinet |
 German: rasseln |
 Danish: rasle; skramle |
 Greek: κάνω μεταλλικό ήχο |
 Spanish: hacer un ruido metálico |
 Estonian: kõlisema |
 Farsi: صدای دنگ یا جرنگ کردن |
 Finnish: kalahtaa |
 French: cliqueter |
 Hebrew: לְהַשמִיע נְקִישָׁה |
 Hindi: झंकार |
 Croatian: zveketati, zveckati |
 Hungarian: csörög |
 Indonesian: berdenting |
 Icelandic: skrölta, hringla, glamra |
 Italian: risuonare con suono metal |
 Japanese: カチンと鳴る |
 Korean: (금속 등이 부딪쳐 내는) ‘쨍그랑’ 소리 |
 Lithuanian: džerškėti |
 Latvian: žvadzēt |
 Malay: berlentang-lentung |
 Dutch: ratelen |
 Norwegian: klirre, ringle, skrangle |
 Polish: pobrzękiwać |
 Persian: صدای دنگ یا جرنگ کردن |
 Pashto: دفلز ږغ چى د ږغ نه يو څه |
 Portuguese: tinir |
 Romanian: a zăngăni |
 Russian: звякать |
 Slovak: rinčať |
 Slovenian: rožljati |
 Serbian: zveckati |
 Swedish: rassla, skramla |
 Thai: ทำให้เกิดเสียงดังแคร๊ง |
 Turkish: şakırdamak, şıkırdamak |
 Taiwanese: 發出啷噹聲 |
 Ukrainian: брязкання |
 Urdu: جھنک ، جھنکار پیدا کرنا |
 Vietnamese: kêu lách cách |
 Chinese: （使）发当啷声 |
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