Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: clanking
IPA transcription: [kl'æŋkɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: clanking
    Meaning: having a hard nonresonant metallic sound; "clanking chains"; "the clanking arms of the soldiers near him"
Usage examples
  • On a clanking chain they led a large, angry tom-cat, painted to represent a tiger.
  • And there were the Officers of the Army of Oogaboo, all tangled up in a confused crowd, flapping their arms and trying to shield their faces from the clanking swords, which swung back and forth during the swift journey and pommeled everyone within their reach.