0 to make a short loud sound like that of metal objects hitting each other, or to cause something to make this sound -- （使）發出噹啷聲
Friday afternoon, we heard the metal tracks of a tank clanking on the pavement.
The hour is tolled by the sound of a chain clanking into a small wooden coffin hidden in the back of the clock.
There would be lots of whirring and clanking.
Great wagons clanked along it all day long, and the dust was carried to a considerable distance.
We cannot wait for the clanking processes of international justice to start to grind—perhaps next year or the year after.
The string-modelled clank sounds are used infrequently in the piece, like an exotic, strong spice that could overpower if your hand slipped.
There were some penetrating clanks of iron gates.
Their day began at 7am when they were awakened by the steps in the hall of their jailers and the clank of their keys in the door.
