clank

n.
A metallic sound, sharp and hard but not resonant: the clank of chains.

intr.v., clanked, clank·ing, clanks.
To make a sharp, hard, metallic sound.

[Probably imitative.]

clanky clank'y adj.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a loud resonant repeating noise
  Synonyms: clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clash, crash

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The verb clank has one meaning:

Meaning #1: make a clank

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - raslen, skramlen
v. intr. - rasle

Nederlands (Dutch)
(doen)rinkelen, gerinkel

Français (French)
n. - bruit métallique, cliquetis
v. intr. - cliqueter, avancer avec un bruit métallique, rendre un bruit métallique

Deutsch (German)
v. - klappern, rasseln, klirren
n. - Geklapper, Geklirr

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παράγω μεταλλικό ήχο, κουδουνίζω
n. - οξύς μεταλλικός ήχος

Italiano (Italian)
sferragliare, risuonare, strepito, rumore metallico (es.: di catene)

Português (Portuguese)
v. - tilintar
n. - tinido (m)

Русский (Russian)
грохотать, бряцать, грохот, бряцание

Español (Spanish)
n. - ruido metálico
v. intr. - provocar un ruido metálico

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - rassla, skramla
n. - rassel, skrammel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
铿然之声, 叮当声, 发叮当声, 叮当而过

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鏗然之聲, 叮噹聲
v. intr. - 發叮噹聲, 叮噹而過

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 철컥, 철커덩 소리
v. intr. - (쇠붙이 따위가) 철커덩 소리 나다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ガチッ
v. - ガチッと音をたてる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) قعقع, صلصل, يحدث صوتا كصوت المعدن يرتطم بآخر (الاسم) قعقعه, صلصله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צלצול, נקישה‬
v. intr. - ‮קשקש, צלצל‬

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ratchet and clank	ratchet clank
rachet and clank	ratchet and clank 3