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# clank

«clank» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make a short, loud metal sound, like iron or glasses…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (clanks, clanked, clanking); noun (clanks)

### meaning for a pupil

To clank is to make a short, loud metal sound, like iron or glasses touching: the sword clanked against his leg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clank/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a sound word in stories: swords, armour, chains or glasses making a ringing noise

### examples

- The chains clanked as the prisoner moved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clank/#x1)
- We clanked our mugs together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clank/#x2)
- The old robot clanked across the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clank/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clank» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clank/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.