clanky

Adjective

Meaning

Making a clanking metallic sound.
My father's first car was a clanky old Volkswagen Beetle.

Providing audible indication of imminent mechanical failure. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Examples

I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues. Hoagy Carmichael

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