clanking

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of clank

noun

1. A noise that clanks.

   “My course happened to lead me to the river, and I saw a steamer lying there, and from the bustle on her decks and the clankings from her engine room, I concluded that she was making preparations for a start somewhere.”

   “Smalling’s challenge was weak and, when Lucas buried his shot, the night air was filled with the clanking of thousands of red plastic seats being emptied.”