MEANING
To make a loud, heavy, metallic knocking sound.
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Words that belong together
- chains clank
- clank against metal
On the page
The loose coupling clanked against the rail with every turn of the wheel.
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Word forms
- Base
- clank
- Past tense
- clanked
- Past participle
- clanked
- Present participle
- clanking
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- clank
- Present continuous
- am/is/are clanking
- Present perfect
- have/has clanked
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been clanking
- Past
- clanked
- Past continuous
- was/were clanking
- Past perfect
- had clanked
- Past perfect continuous
- had been clanking
- Future
- will clank
- Future continuous
- will be clanking
- Future perfect
- will have clanked
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been clanking
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Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: clank; clanks; clanked; clanked; clanking Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: clanks.
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