clank : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clank	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for clank
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clank n a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" Synonym(s): clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash v make a clank; "the train clanked through the village"
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 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.