"clank" meaning in English

See clank in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /klæŋk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clank.wav Forms: clanks [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋk Head templates: {{en-noun}} clank (plural clanks)
  1. A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal. Categories (topical): Sounds Derived forms: clankless, clanky Translations (loud, hard metallic sound): kalahdus (english: individual) (Finnish), kalina (english: repetitive) (Finnish), ѕвек (dzvek) [masculine] (Macedonian), ѕвекот (dzvekot) [masculine] (Macedonian), ждрингот (ždringot) [masculine] (Macedonian), лязг (ljazg) [masculine] (Russian), бряца́ние (brjacánije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-clank-en-noun-ReHjsG53 Disambiguation of Sounds: 39 32 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 15 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 20 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 14 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 61 14 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 55 16 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 60 14 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 56 16 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 60 14 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 61 14 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 55 17 29

Verb

IPA: /klæŋk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clank.wav Forms: clanks [present, singular, third-person], clanking [participle, present], clanked [participle, past], clanked [past]
Rhymes: -æŋk Head templates: {{en-verb}} clank (third-person singular simple present clanks, present participle clanking, simple past and past participle clanked)
  1. (intransitive) To make a clanking sound Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (to make a clanking sound): قَعْقَعَ (qaʕqaʕa) (Arabic), klaki (Esperanto), kalauttaa (Finnish), kalahtaa (english: individual) (Finnish), kalistaa (Finnish), kalistella (Finnish), kalisuttaa (Finnish), kalahdella (english: repetitive) (Finnish), klirren (German), kläppern (German), retinir (Portuguese), ля́згать (ljázgatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), греме́ть (gremétʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), бряца́ть (brjacátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), звя́кать (zvjákatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-clank-en-verb-uHlXiHjz Disambiguation of Sounds: 39 32 29 Disambiguation of 'to make a clanking sound': 95 5
  2. (transitive) To cause to sound with a clank. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (to cause to sound with a clank): aneinanderschlagen (German)
    Sense id: en-clank-en-verb-Tz8Klvnt Disambiguation of Sounds: 39 32 29 Disambiguation of 'to cause to sound with a clank': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clanker, clankingly

Inflected forms

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          "word": "retinir"
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "individual",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a clanking sound",
      "word": "kalahtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a clanking sound",
      "word": "kalistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a clanking sound",
      "word": "kalistella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a clanking sound",
      "word": "kalisuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "repetitive",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a clanking sound",
      "word": "kalahdella"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a clanking sound",
      "word": "klirren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a clanking sound",
      "word": "kläppern"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make a clanking sound",
      "word": "retinir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljázgatʹ",
      "sense": "to make a clanking sound",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ля́згать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gremétʹ",
      "sense": "to make a clanking sound",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "греме́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brjacátʹ",
      "sense": "to make a clanking sound",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "бряца́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zvjákatʹ",
      "sense": "to make a clanking sound",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "звя́кать"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to sound with a clank",
      "word": "aneinanderschlagen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clank"
}

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