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# clanking

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

«clanking» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «clanking» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clanking/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«clanking» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/clanking.html) on Mova free.