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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Clank \Clank\, v. i.
   To sound with a clank.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for clank:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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