From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clank \Clank\ (kl[a^][ng]k), noun [Akin to clink, and of imitative origin; cf. G. klang sound, D. klank. Cf. {Clang}.] 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clank \Clank\, verb (used without an object) To sound with a clank.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clank \Clank\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Clanked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clanking}.] To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" [syn: {clang}, {clangor}, {clangour}, {clangoring}, {clash}, {crash}]
verb
1: make a clank; "the train clanked through the village"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "clank": belch, blare, blat, bray, burr, buzz, cackle, caw, change ringing, chime, chiming, chink, chirr, clang, clanging, clangor, clanking, clash, clink, craunch, croak, crump, crunch, ding, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging, dingle, dong, donging, gong, grind, groan, growl, grumble, jangle, jar, jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle, jingling, knell, knelling, peal, peal ringing, pealing, rasp, ring, ring changes, ringing, scranch, scrape, scratch, scrunch, snarl, snore, sound, sound a knell, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkle, tinkling, tinnitus, tintinnabulate, toll, tolling, twang
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