clank

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a loud, hard, resonant sound made when pieces of metal strike one another

   The clank of chains echoed through the empty corridor.

2. 2
   verb

   to make a loud, hard, metallic sound

   Loose tools began to clank in the back of the truck.

An imitative word formed to echo the hard ringing sound of metal striking metal. It is related in sound and meaning to clang, clink, and clatter.

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