clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash
(noun) a loud resonant repeating noise; “he could hear the clang of distant bells”
clank
(verb) make a clank; “the train clanked through the village”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clank (plural clanks)
A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
• Clank usually expresses a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.
clank (third-person singular simple present clanks, present participle clanking, simple past and past participle clanked)
(intransitive) To make a clanking sound
(transitive) To cause to sound with a clank.
Source: Wiktionary
Clank, n. Etym: [Akin to clink, and of imitative origin; cf. G. klang sound, D. klank. Cf. Clang.]
Definition: 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. But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with tyeur clank. Byron.
Clank, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Clanking.]
Definition: To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.
Clank, v. i.
Definition: To sound with a clank.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
