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clank

(klăngk)

A metallic sound, sharp and hard but not resonant: the clank of chains.

intr.v. clanked, clank·ing, clanks

To make a sharp, hard, metallic sound.

[Probably imitative.]

clank′y adj.

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Adj.

clanking - having a hard nonresonant metallic sound; "clanking chains"; "the clanking arms of the soldiers near him"

noisy - full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog"

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