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clinkety-clank

[ kling-ki-tee-klangk ]

noun

  1. a succession of alternating clinks clink and clanks:

    the clinkety-clank of armored vehicles on the rough road.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of clinkety-clank1

1900–05; alteration of clink 1 + clank

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