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4 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: clank n : a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" [syn: {clang}, {clangor}, {clangour}, {clangoring}, {clash}, {crash}, {jangle}] v : make a clank
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