[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clank \clank\ kla^ngk, n. akin to clink, and of imitative
   origin; cf. g. klang sound, d. klank. cf. clang.
   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.
   1913 webster

         but not in chains to pine,
         his spirit withered with tyeur clank.    --byron.
   1913 webster
see also:
clang 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clank \clank\, v. t. imp.  p. p. clanked; p. pr.  vb. n.
   clanking.
   to cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their
   chains.
   1913 webster
see also:
clanked clanking 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clank \clank\, v. i.
   to sound with a clank.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

clank
     n : a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of
         distant bells" syn: clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring,
          clash, crash
     v : make a clank; "the train clanked through the village"
see also:
clang clangor clangour clangoring clash crash 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

70 moby thesaurus words for "clank":
   belch, blare, blat, bray, burr, buzz, cackle, caw, change ringing,
   chime, chiming, chink, chirr, clang, clanging, clangor, clanking,
   clash, clink, craunch, croak, crump, crunch, ding, ding-a-ling,
   dingdong, dinging, dingle, dong, donging, gong, grind, groan,
   growl, grumble, jangle, jar, jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle,
   jingling, knell, knelling, peal, peal ringing, pealing, rasp, ring,
   ring changes, ringing, scranch, scrape, scratch, scrunch, snarl,
   snore, sound, sound a knell, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling,
   tink, tinkle, tinkling, tinnitus, tintinnabulate, toll, tolling,
   twang

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