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# clanking

«clanking» in Mova's school dictionary: **Making a loud metal sound, like swords or chains knocking…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (present participle of clank); adjective; noun (the clanking)

### meaning for a pupil

Making a loud metal sound, like swords or chains knocking together: the clanking of armour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clanking/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a sound in stories: heavy steps on stairs, or swords and horses heard close at hand

### examples

- We heard the clanking of keys down the corridor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clanking/#x1)
- A clanking pipe kept us awake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clanking/#x2)
- He came up the steps, clanking all the way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clanking/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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