Dictionary Entry
clank
clank is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2transitive verb
To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.
- 3intransitive verb
To sound with a clank.
- 4noun
a loud resonant repeating noise
"he could hear the clang of distant bells"
- 5verb
make a clank
"the train clanked through the village"
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