clank

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"
    

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.
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         But not in chains to pine,
         His spirit withered with tyeur clank.    --Byron.
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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.
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Clank \Clank\, v. i.
   To sound with a clank.
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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