Clanks
Tries
Both words in one sentence
- When his deputy, Droopalong Coyote, tries it, he gets sound effects of clanks, thuds and crashes.
Source: Wacky Sound Effect -
Related: In Girl Genius, Agatha tries to send out several little propeller clanks to send a message to someone, and three of them are destroyed before ever making it off the castle grounds by one of the Geisterdamen's many albino beasties.
Source: Instant Messenger Pigeon - When his assistant, Droopalong Coyote tries to do the same, the sounds of thuds, clanks and boings accompany him before he crashes into one of the objects or—as in one cartoon's end—the sun itself.
Source: Sound Defect
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Tries and Clanks. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clanks/tries
Clanks & Tries. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/clanks/tries>.
Tries or Clanks. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clanks/tries.
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