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clanking

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clank  (klngk)
n.
A metallic sound, sharp and hard but not resonant: the clank of chains.
intr.v. clanked, clank·ing, clanks
To make a sharp, hard, metallic sound.
[Probably imitative.]
clanky adj.
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Adj.1.clanking - having a hard nonresonant metallic sound; "clanking chains"; "the clanking arms of the soldiers near him"
noisy - full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog"
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As he stood thus a faint sound of clanking armor came to his attentive ears; louder and louder it grew until there could be no doubt but that a number of men were approaching.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
(for Mr Haredale was his landlord) the long-expected visitor, who strode into the room clanking his heavy boots upon the floor; and looking keenly round upon the bowing group, raised his hat in acknowledgment of their profound respect.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
I have heard upwards of ten score of windlasses spring like one into clanking life in the dead of night, filling the Downs with a panic-struck sound of anchors being torn hurriedly out of the ground at the first breath of his approach.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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