CLANKING
clanking
(adjective) having a hard nonresonant metallic sound; “clanking chains”; “the clanking arms of the soldiers near him”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
clanking
present participle of clank
Noun
clanking (plural clankings)
A noise that clanks.
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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