clank

noun

1. A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.

verb

1. (intransitive)To make a clanking sound

   “The chains clanked.”

   “Slung from his shoulders clanks a two-handed sword, the pommel a huge star-ruby carven in the image of a heart, for the heart is his sign and symbol.”

   “Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was chuffing and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely.”

2. (transitive)To cause to sound with a clank.

   “The prisoners clank their chains.”