Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clank"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clank \Clank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clanked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Clanking}.]
To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their
chains.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clank \Clank\, v. i.
To sound with a clank.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clank \Clank\, n. [Akin to clink, and of imitative origin; cf.
G. klang sound, D. klank. Cf. {Clang}.]
A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of
metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a
duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and
stronger sound than clink.
But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with
tyeur clank. --Byron.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
clank
n : a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of
distant bells" [syn: {clang}, {clangor}, {clangour}, {clangoring},
{clash}, {crash}]
v : make a clank
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