Clank
[klæŋk]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.
(v. i.) To sound with a clank.
Typist: Theodore
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Clang, clash.
Typist: Maura
Definition
n. a sharp sound less prolonged than a clang such as is made by a chain.—v.t. or v.i. to make or cause a clank.—n. Clank′ing the action of the verb clank.—adj. Clank′less without clank.
Edited by Davy
Examples
- A loud and altered clank upon the pavement warned him, before he could discern what was passing there, that the man was coming back alone. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was the clank of the levers and the swish of the leaking cylinder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The distant clank of the soldiers was heard just five minutes too late to make this vanished mob feel the power of authority and order. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The noise was released, the little locomotive with her clanking steel connecting-rod emerged on the highroad, clanking sharply. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A hasty suspicion seemed to strike Uriah; and, with a glance at Mr. Micawber, he went to it, and threw the doors clanking open. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The clanking of the engine-pumps, and the spirting and hissing of the water as it fell upon the blazing wood, added to the tremendous roar. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I implored the colonel to let me out, but the remorseless clanking of the levers drowned my cries. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then the tanks would grind clanking up those two slopes and after them would go his two brigades. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The din of hammers, the rushing of steam, and the dead heavy clanking of engines, was the harsh music which arose from every quarter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The front garden-gate clanked, and the Secretary was seen coming at a brisk pace up the steps. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The second sword I withdrew noiselessly, but the third clanked in its scabbard with a frightful din. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- As he moved, a chain clanked; to his wrists were attached fetters. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A hundred men surged up on the platform, and a hundred blades rattled and clanked to the floor at my feet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- That was not yet finished when Jeremiah Flintwinch opened the door, and they all clanked into the stone hall. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Can the madman, as he clanks his chains, hope? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Typist: Nelly