CLANKED

Verb

clanked

simple past tense and past participle of clank

Source: Wiktionary


CLANK

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



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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