"clank" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /klæŋk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clank.wav [Southern-England] 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 15 29

Verb

IPA: /klæŋk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clank.wav [Southern-England] 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), 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

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to make a clanking sound",
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}

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