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clankings

clankings is the plural of clanking.

Meaning of clanking

Noun

clanking (plural clankings)

  1. A noise that clanks.
    • My course happened to lead me to the river, and I saw a steamer lying there, and from the bustle on her decks and the clankings from her engine room, I concluded that she was making preparations for a start somewhere.1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 21

Questions about clankings

What is clankings the plural of?
Clankings is the plural of clanking.

Words near clankings in the dictionary

  1. clankier
  2. clankiest
  3. clankily
  4. clanking
  5. clankingly
  6. clankings
  7. clankity
  8. clankless
  9. clanks
  10. clankt
  11. clanky

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