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Definition

verb. making a loud metallic sound by striking metal objects together.

Example Sentence

The pots and pans were clanking in the kitchen.

More Example Sentences

He heard the clanking of the chains.

Synonyms

clanging; banging; rattling

Antonyms

silence; quiet

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Rhymes

  • banking
  • blanking
  • clanking
  • cranking
  • flanking
  • franking
  • nanking
  • planking
  • ranking
  • spanking
  • tanking
  • thanking
  • yanking

  • nonbanking
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