Meaning

2 senses
  1. A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.

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  2. (derogatory, humorous)Synonym of clanker (“a robot or artificial intelligence”).

More definitions
  • a loud resonant repeating noise

Examples

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

  2. The door closed with a clank.

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

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
loud, hard metallic sound:

Forms

plural: clanks
Singularclank
Pluralclanks

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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