CLANK

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

Noun

clank (plural clanks)

A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.

Usage notes

• Clank usually expresses a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.

Verb

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