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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a loud resonant repeating noise;
- Example: "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
[syn: clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash]


VERB (1)

1. make a clank;
- Example: "the train clanked through the village"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clank \Clank\ (kl[a^][ng]k), 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. [1913 Webster] But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with tyeur clank. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clank \Clank\, v. i. To sound with a clank. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

clank n 1: a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" [syn: clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash] v 1: make a clank; "the train clanked through the village"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

70 Moby Thesaurus words for "clank": belch, blare, blat, bray, burr, buzz, cackle, caw, change ringing, chime, chiming, chink, chirr, clang, clanging, clangor, clanking, clash, clink, craunch, croak, crump, crunch, ding, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging, dingle, dong, donging, gong, grind, groan, growl, grumble, jangle, jar, jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle, jingling, knell, knelling, peal, peal ringing, pealing, rasp, ring, ring changes, ringing, scranch, scrape, scratch, scrunch, snarl, snore, sound, sound a knell, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkle, tinkling, tinnitus, tintinnabulate, toll, tolling, twang