clanked; clanking; clanks
1
: to make a clank or series of clanks
the radiator hissed and clanked
2
: to go with or as if with a clank
tanks clanking through the streets
: to cause to clank
: a sharp brief metallic ringing sound
Examples of clank in a Sentence
Verb
The radiator hissed and clanked.
The empty can clanked along the sidewalk.
a ghost clanking its chains
Noun
the car is making a funny clank, and this can't be good
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Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Freshman Pharaoh Compton clanked two and now has missed 10 straight.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
Armored green jeeps and tanks roar and clank along the fence’s perimeter, throwing up clouds of dust.
—Chris Hedges, Harpers Magazine, 15 June 2024
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Verb
Despite being wide open, the shot clanked off the back of the iron and the Pacers secured the rebound.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Freshman Pharaoh Compton clanked two and now has missed 10 straight.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
The visitors took a pair of penalties in the middle frame, killing the first one, but seeing Jake DeBrusk slide to the side of the net and clank a shot past Gustavsson for a 2-0 Canucks lead after two periods.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
Armored green jeeps and tanks roar and clank along the fence’s perimeter, throwing up clouds of dust.
—Chris Hedges, Harpers Magazine, 15 June 2024
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“Clank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clank. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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clank
1 of 2 verb
: to make or move with a clank or series of clanks
clank
2 of 2 noun
: a sharp short ringing sound
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