clanking

English

Verb

clanking

1. present participle and gerund of clank

Noun

clanking (plural clankings)

1. A noise that clanks.
   • 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 21:

     My course happened to lead me to the river, and I saw a steamer lying there, and from the bustle on her decks and the clankings from her engine room, I concluded that she was making preparations for a start somewhere.

   • 2018 August 27, Daniel Taylor, “Lucas Moura double for Spurs deepens gloom at Manchester United”, in The Guardian (London)‎^[1]:

     Smalling’s challenge was weak and, when Lucas buried his shot, the night air was filled with the clanking of thousands of red plastic seats being emptied.