clankety
- adjective
- /ˈklæŋkəti/
:
metálico
- His bicycle was so clankety that everyone heard him coming before they saw him.
Examples
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The old train made a clankety sound as it approached the station.
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The old washing machine made a clankety noise as it finished the spin cycle.
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We could hear the clankety approach of the delivery truck from down the street.
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What a clankety mess that was!
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As the old trolley rumbled down the tracks, its clankety wheels announced its arrival long before it was seen.
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The construction site was filled with the clankety sounds of metal on metal as workers unloaded equipment.
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We could hear the clankety noise of the metal gate swinging open in the wind.
Synonyms
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8.1
A thin, harsh ringing sound like metal hitting together
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8.9
Making a loud, ringing sound like metal hitting metal
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7.0
A continuous rattling sound that hard things make when they hit each other
Making a hard, sharp sound like metal hitting metal
Making a loud ringing sound like metal hitting metal
Making quick, sharp clicking sounds like old train wheels
A harsh, annoying ringing sound like metal objects hitting together
Making many quick clicking sounds
A short repeated noise when small parts move, for example in old cars
Antonyms
How Noisy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clankety comes from the sound word clank, which means 'a sharp metal noise', and the little part -ety that turns it into a describing word. So something clankety makes a series of loud metal clanks as it moves, which is why we call a noisy machine or bike 'clankety'.