as in rattle
the loud sound made when metal strikes metal
the car is making a funny clank, and this can't be good
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Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2024
Feel the noise Rumble, wheeze, groan, roar, whoosh, clank, thud, creak and repeat — this, for me, is the onset of bus reverie.
—Mark Gozonsky, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
That was more than Witt could match, with the burgeoning Royals infielder reaching 13 homers before clanking his final swing off the wall to clinch Hernández’s victory — one that comes with a $1-million prize.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
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Noun
In a sprawling new plant in China’s southern Anhui province, armies of orange robotic arms twist, whir, and clank, producing Volkswagen’s latest EVs for the Chinese market.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2024
Feel the noise Rumble, wheeze, groan, roar, whoosh, clank, thud, creak and repeat — this, for me, is the onset of bus reverie.
—Mark Gozonsky, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Verb
But the visceral sound design provides plenty of distraction, making the audience feel every clanking industrial noise and juddering movement, every pummeling of turbulence and rocky landing in the pit of their stomachs.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
That was more than Witt could match, with the burgeoning Royals infielder reaching 13 homers before clanking his final swing off the wall to clinch Hernández’s victory — one that comes with a $1-million prize.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
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“Clank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clank. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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