clankety
(ˈklæŋkɪtɪ)
Onomatopœic extension of clank as in clankety-clank (cf. clickety-clack s.v. click n.1 8).
| 1895 Harper's Mag. Sept. 555 The clankety-clank that plate-armor makes. 1905 Daily Chron. 13 Apr. 4/4 The pumps still utter their mournful clankety-clank-clank. 1907 Ibid. 8 Nov. 4/7 A traction engine..with the clankety-clank and the earth-shaking passage that suggests an earthquake. |