clank Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a loud resonant repeating noise
    crash; clash; clangour; clangoring; clang; clangor.
    • he could hear the clang of distant bells
  2. verb make a clank
    • the train clanked through the village

WordNet

Clank noun
Etymology
Akin to clink, and of imitative origin; cf. G. klang sound, D. klank. Cf. Clang.
Definitions
  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.
Clank transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Clanked ; present participle & verbal noun Clanking
Definitions
  1. To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.
Clank intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To sound with a clank.

Webster 1913