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clankiest

clankiest is the superlative 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 clankiest

What is clankiest the superlative form of?
Clankiest is the superlative form of clanky.

Words near clankiest in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clankiest (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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