0 present participle of clank
1 to make a short loud sound like that of metal objects hitting each other, or to cause something to make this sound:
We cannot wait for the clanking processes of international justice to start to grind—perhaps next year or the year after.
There would be lots of whirring and clanking.
Trams had their guaranteed road space, and no one got in the way of one of those great clanking vehicles.
When the clanking went away the body was raised and the dissection continued.
It changes the whole attitude of the legislature from the horrible word "detention," associated as it is with all the stigma of lunacy and the clanking of chains.
These clanking ghosts being hoisted about the stage became objects of ridicule as they became clichd stage elements.
The hour is tolled by the sound of a chain clanking into a small wooden coffin hidden in the back of the clock.
The building was weatherstripped during the 1950s as part of renovations, but roof leaks, clanking radiators, faulty plumbing, and sagging floors persisted.
