When large metal objects clank, they make a noise because they are hitting together or hitting against something hard. A pan rattled and clanked `Here we are now,' Beth said, as the train clanked into a tiny station. the clanking noise of the ferry. if a metal object clanks, it makes a loud heavy sound (Probably from the sound)
A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink