/ klæŋk; NAmE / verb
to make a loud sound like pieces of metal hitting each other; to cause sth to make this sound :
[ v ]
clanking chains
[ v - adj ]
I heard a door clank shut.
[ vn ]
The guard clanked his heavy ring of keys.
► clank (also clank·ing ) noun [ usually sing. ]
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (but rare before the mid 17th cent.): imitative.