clank
/klænk/
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British/klaŋk/
clank noun: a loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
Noun
clank (plural clanks)
- A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
- Synonym of clanker (“a robot or artificial intelligence”).
- [NO] CLANKS ⇨2001 February, Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio, Girl Genius, number 1, Seattle, Wash.: Studio Foglio, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2001, page 6
- [S]he […] finds herself surrounded by three rather repulsive young males. Even in her fear, her curves are noteworthy. “What do you want?” she cries. “Are you a clank, baby?”2009, Daniel Robinson, “Robo-Gambit”, in Flommy the Robot, Part One: Attack of the Robot Planet, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 13
- Synonyms:
- clanker
Verb
clank (third-person singular simple present clanks, present participle clanking, simple past and past participle clanked)
- To make a clanking sound
- The chains clanked.
- Slung from his shoulders clanks a two-handed sword, the pommel a huge star-ruby carven in the image of a heart, for the heart is his sign and symbol.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 7
- To cause to sound with a clank.
- The prisoners clank their chains.
clank meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Arabic
clank in Urdu
- جھن, جھنکار, زنجیر کی آواز
clank in Bengali
- শিকল, ধাতুর কর্কশ শব্দ
clank in Malayalam
- ഹ്രസ്വമായ ചിലുചിലുക്കൽ, കിലുകിലുപ്പ്, ചങ്ങല ഉരുമ്മുന്ന ശബ്ദം, ലോഹശബ്ദം
clank in Arabic
- to make a clanking sound
- قَعْقَعَ qaʕqaʕa
Examples of clank in a sentence
- Well, even on earth (depending on the continuity) he's been up against evil clones and/or tinkered clones of himself, or pseudo-Krypotonian constructs or clanks.2009 July 15, Wayne Throop, “Is Superman Damaged Goods?”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 Jul 2026:
- Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was chuffing and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
Synonyms of clank
Forms of clank
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | clanks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | clanks |
| present participle | clanking |
| past participle | clanked |
| past | clanked |
Origin of clank
Onomatopoeic.
Words formed from clank
Words that rhyme with clank
Questions about clank
- What does clank mean?
- Clank means a loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
- What is clank in Urdu?
- Clank in Urdu is جھن, جھنکار, زنجیر کی آواز. See Clank meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use clank in a sentence?
- Well, even on earth (depending on the continuity) he's been up against evil clones and/or tinkered clones of himself, or pseudo-Krypotonian constructs or clanks.
- What part of speech is clank?
- Clank can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce clank?
- Clank is pronounced /klænk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of clank?
- The plural of clank is clanks.
Words near clank in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: clank (page history and authors); clank (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); clank (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); clank (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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