- (v.i.) To sound with a clank.
- (v.t.) To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "clank" 27 May 2011. Web. 23 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/clank/definitions/1987866> |