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clankier

clankier is the comparative form of clanky.

Meaning of clanky

Adjective

clanky (comparative clankier, superlative clankiest)

  1. Making a clanking metallic sound.
    • My father's first car was a clanky old Volkswagen Beetle.
  2. Providing audible indication of imminent mechanical failure.

Questions about clankier

What is clankier the comparative form of?
Clankier is the comparative form of clanky.

Words near clankier in the dictionary

  1. clankas
  2. clanked
  3. clanker
  4. clankers
  5. clankety
  6. clankier
  7. clankiest
  8. clankily
  9. clanking
  10. clankingly
  11. clankings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clankier (page history and authors); clanky (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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