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clank

klæŋk
WordNet
  1. (v) clank
    make a clank "the train clanked through the village"
  2. (n) clank
    a loud resonant repeating noise "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Clank
    To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.
  2. Clank
    To sound with a clank.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) clank
    A sharp, hard, metallic sound: as, the clank of chains or fetters.
  2. clank
    To cause to sound with a clank: as, to clank chains. See the noun.
  3. clank
    To give a ringing blow to.
  4. clank
    To sound with or give out a clank.
  5. clank
    To deposit, put, place, or set down with a clanking sound.
  6. clank
    To move with a clanking sound.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Clank
    klangk a sharp sound, less prolonged than a clang, such as is made by a chain
  2. (v.t., v.i) Clank
    to make or cause a clank
  3. (v.t) Clank
    or v.i. to make or cause a clank
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Akin to clink, and of imitative origin; cf. G. klang, sound, D. klank,. Cf. Clang

Usage in the news

Lots of them, clanking against each other, as the dancers holding them ran in circles. sfbg.com

Four or five bites into our dinner at the Chinese Cafe, the pace accelerated exponentially: chopsticks flew, serving spoons clanked furiously, the tabletop lazy Susan spun and spun and spun. houstonpress.com

Ruffin 's job is not constrained to the crowded, clanking and at times extremely hot booth, but he must also work the ticket counter during films. columbiamissourian.com

The big shot at the head of the room clanks his Perrier-filled crystal glass and asks the group: "Where should we open our sixth Dos Caminos location, ladies and gentlemen". browardpalmbeach.com

SOUTH POINT --A series of mechanical clanking noises echoed down the shoreline of the Ohio River. dailyindependent.com

Those clanking, sputtering and grinding sounds you hear are coming from the Clinton political machine. ashingtonpost.com

I have seen the future and it clanks. ashingtonpost.com

Yet there Hickson was again in the first quarter on Saturday clanking jumpers from the wings. ohio.com

Associated Press Carlton Fisk waves and hollers at a home run in the 12th inning that clanked off the left-field foul pole and won Game 6 of the 1975 World Series for the Red Sox. nj.com

If there's one moment in "A Christmas Carol" when Karl Krause wishes he wasn't in Ebenezer Scrooge's shoes, it's when the ghost of Jacob Marley comes clanking into the theater. tulsaworld.com

'STOMP' makes a clanking, joyful noise at Heinz Hall. post-gazette.com

Trent Reznor's dark symphonies of clank succeed when their bleakness is broken by moments of humanity or hilarity, both of which come from the Nine Inch Nails mastermind's serrated scream. spin.com

The clanking of stray shots isn't quite at freak-out level for coach George Karl and his misfiring Nuggets, but it's creeping toward the red. fortmorgantimes.com

A group of suburban kids test the tractor beam from Ratchet & Clank's Going Commando game by throwing a tin can that ricochets back to the magnet on the beam. adweek.com

The " Ratchet & Clank" video game franchise has sold 16 million copies. edition.cnn.com

Usage in scientific papers

The cause of a nondeterminism in (3.10) is our incomplete knowledge about the simulated system: because we do not have a precise knowledge about a duration of actions clank ! and hurrah !, then the model of the system should allow any order of execution of these actions.
Theory of processes

Usage in literature

Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! "American Eloquence, Volume I. (of 4) Studies In American Political History (1896)" by Various

At the clank of spur-chain and rowel Struve came hastily into the hallway from his office. "The Bells of San Juan" by Jackson Gregory

As he sprang up the broad staircase, the sheath of his sword and the spurs at his heels clanked harshly on the stone steps. "Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12)" by Various

In doing so, the clank of his chains echoed harshly through the cell. "Gascoyne, The Sandal Wood Trader" by R. M. Ballantyne

He could not liken it to anything in particular, but it sounded familiar, a kind of clanking, metallic sound. "Pee-wee Harris on the Trail" by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

It was the dull clank of bronze against bronze. "The Texan Scouts" by Joseph A. Altsheler

Closing their weary eyes, they slept until the clanking of chains awakened them. "Memories" by Fannie A. (Mrs.) Beers

Kate Clank, your mother, is before you! "Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two" by William Carleton

It's a link in a chain that clanks. "Kenny" by Leona Dalrymple

The Captain placed one near her and seated himself, with a clank of his dangling scabbard. "The Palace of Darkened Windows" by Mary Hastings Bradley

Usage in poetry
Knew not old Achea's fires
Burnt no more in souls or veins--
Godlike hosts of high desires
Died to clank of Spartan chains.
Marauders in their clanking mail
Ride from thy gates no more,—
Lords of the Skerries' cruel rocks,
Masters of sea and shore.
Like a lion roars the North wind
As a-horse we sternly clank,
While beside the guns our men drop,
Slyly shot from either flank.
He had drained his cup already
When the tankard gave a hum
And a clank. "The devil!" said he,
"Well,my friend, why have you come?"
WHEN first I saw our banner wave
Above the nation's council-hall,
I heard beneath its marble wall
The clanking fetters of the slave!
In the lone and narrow cell,
Fettered by the clanking chain,
Where the maniac's piercing yell
Thrilled the heart with dread and pain;--