clank

Preposition: of

• chain: Periodically, with a clanking of chains, a new barrel is hoisted from the cellar into the serving area.
• sword: The sound of grunts, cries, the clanking of swords and explosions can be heard all around.
• bucket: He could hear the shouts of the farm hands and the clank of buckets.

Object

• chain: Large gusts of wind were felt rushing around this public house, normally accompanied by clanking chains.
• noise: Kevin has a big bunch of keys which he uses to unlock and lock the doors and gates which make a clanking noise.
• sound: Suddenly, they heard the familiar clanking sound of marching Jaffa.
• sword: Long gone are the days of swashbuckling pirates clanking swords.

Converse of object

• hear: I could hear the clank of its heavy black boots, The sound of iron on stone.

Modifying Another Word

• about: If we were in the pub thereâd be clanking about and thinking about what to eat and all that is too much... trouble.
• away: When Lynda calls he clanks away in a very suspicious manner, but she doesn't twig.
• together: The keys shook and clanked together in unison with her shaking fist, and the wind blew gently through the open windows.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• along: Usually this 3 rd finger clanks along in a very uneven percussive fashion.
• around: Very strange, to be sitting in the heat, reading about knights in armor clanking around in the middle ages.