[clank] vb [prob. imit.] vi (1656) 1: to make a clank or series of clanks "the radiator hissed and ~ed"
2: to go with or as if with a clank "tanks ~ing through the streets" ~ vt: to cause to clank -- clank.ing.ly adv
[2]clank n (1656): a sharp brief metallic ringing sound