معنای لغتنامه کلمه "clank" صدای تیز و فلزی است که توسط دو شیء که به یکدیگر برخورد میکنند، معمولاً با صدای بلند و تکراری ایجاد میشود. همچنین می تواند به صدای ایجاد شده توسط یک جسم سنگین در حال افتادن یا حرکت ناشیانه اشاره داشته باشد. به عنوان یک فعل، "clank" به معنای ساختن یا ایجاد صدای ترنج است.
1. The upraised vessel was violently ripped from his hands, its contents spilt over jacket and hose before landing with a metallic clank against the kitchen door.
2. Dean crept forward, the floorboards let out a shrilling creak and clank.
3. But Charlie tossed the knife to the floor with a clank and he pulled out his shotgun and tossed it to the floor as well.
4. There followed a barely audible clank of metal and the grating swing of the gate.
5. Borg fell to the floor immobile, with the clank of his sword.
6. The deafening clank of elding on stone ended when Nordri stomped the end of the chain and stopped Kallan short.
7. The sharp clank of soapstone plates dropped to the floor accompanied a bellow of laughter from an inebriate nearby.
8. The clank of the door closing behind her made her jerk to attention.
9. Khaly placed her pack in front of her and pulled out her clothes, placing them in her lap to keep them clean, then dug out the cooking supplies she just packed away, placing them on the ground, careful to not let them clank together.
10. The clank of the barn door woke her in the morning.