Clanking

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A noise that clanks.

    "My course happened to lead me to the river, and I saw a steamer lying there, and from the bustle on her decks and the clankings from her engine room, I concluded that she was making preparations for a start somewhere."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of clank form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    having a hard nonresonant metallic sound wordnet

Synonyms

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chimechimingchinkclangclankclink

Example

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"“Ding-dong! Ding-dong! Ding-dong! Ding-dong!” clashed the great bell on the locomotive, and with much creaking and clanking and letting off of steam, with iron scraping on iron and one last, long drawn whistle of the air-brakes, the train came slowly to a stop."

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