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Clanking
- verb - having a hard nonresonant metallic sound; "clanking chains"; "the clanking arms of the soldiers near him"
- make a clank; "the train clanked through the village"
Clinging
- verb - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
- hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
- to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."
Clinking
- verb - like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped
- make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"
- make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"
Clunking
- verb - make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
Cornbind
- - A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus.
Cornpone
- noun - cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
Counting
- verb -
- have a certain value or carry a certain weight; "each answer counts as three points"
- have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"
- have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"
- include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"
- name or recite the numbers in ascending order; "The toddler could count to 100"
- show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"
- take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"
Cranking
- verb - bend into the shape of a crank
- fasten with a crank
- rotate with a crank
- start by cranking; "crank up the engine"
- travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside"
Cringing
- verb - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
- show submission or fear
- totally submissive