clanked; clanking; clanks
1
: to make a clank or series of clanks
the radiator hissed and clanked
2
: to go with or as if with a clank
tanks clanking through the streets
: to cause to clank
: a sharp brief metallic ringing sound
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Examples of clank in a Sentence
Verb
The radiator hissed and clanked.
The empty can clanked along the sidewalk.
a ghost clanking its chains
Noun
the car is making a funny clank, and this can't be good
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Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
When everyone gets to Sonoma, there needs to be separate lunches and separate events because the pot and the kettle can’t be on the same stove without clanking into each other and causing some kind of eruption.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 6 Aug. 2023
Tyrann Mathieu watched clank off his hands and to the turf.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024
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Verb
The football gods justly cursed Shanahan’s decision — Carlson clanked the kick off the left upright.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
When everyone gets to Sonoma, there needs to be separate lunches and separate events because the pot and the kettle can’t be on the same stove without clanking into each other and causing some kind of eruption.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Noun
That includes the three-button playback controls which are intuitive, but make a loud clank when clicked.
—Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 6 Aug. 2023
Tyrann Mathieu watched clank off his hands and to the turf.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Clank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clank. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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clank
1 of 2 verb
: to make or move with a clank or series of clanks
clank
2 of 2 noun
: a sharp short ringing sound
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