Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To make a clanking sound

    The chains clanked.

    klirren, kläppern

    ля́згатьljázgatʹ, греме́тьgremétʹ, бряца́тьbrjacátʹ

    make a clank

  2. (transitive)To cause to sound with a clank.

    The prisoners clank their chains.

    aneinanderschlagen

Examples

3 sentences

  1. As I passed the construction site, I could hear hammers clanking on metal.

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  2. The door closed with a clank.

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  3. The ladle clanked against the pot's rim.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to make a clanking sound:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to make a clanking sound:
to cause to sound with a clank:

Forms

clanks, clanking, clanked, clanked
Base formclank · to clank
3rd person singularclanks
Present participleclanking
Past simpleclanked
Past participleclanked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyclank
he, she, itclanks

Past simpleLesson

all personsclanked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave clanked
he, she, ithas clanked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill clank

Word family

2 related words
Derivedclankerclankingly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
clandestineclangclankerclapB2claptrap
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