clank

Other forms of clank

plural

clanks·

past tense

clanked·

present participle

clanking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clank

What does clank mean?

clank means "a loud resonant repeating noise". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clank?

clank has 1 syllable: clank. In IPA it is /ˈklæŋk/.

What is another word for clank?

Close synonyms include clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clash. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clank a common word?

clank is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.