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"Clank"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈklæŋ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted acglnStarts with CEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2L3A4N5G

Definitions

  1. A loud, sharp ringing sound, especially from metal.

Word origin

Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from German klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere (“to resound”) (which probably influenced it).

Used in a sentence

  • Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead
  • For much of this day, Mrs Y. wrote in her diary, covering page after page in a rapid scrawl full of paligraphic repetitions, puns, clangs, and violent, perseverative crossings-out […]
  • Around, the first Curetes (order solemn / To thy foreknowing mother!) trod tumultuous / Their mystic dance, and clanged their sounding arms; [...]

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