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plural clanks
A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal. examples
third-person singular simple present clanks, present participle clanking, simple past and past participle clanked
(intransitive) To make a clanking sound quotations examples
Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was chuffing and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely.
2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42
(transitive) To cause to sound with a clank. examples