The act of making a repeated clanking or ringing metallic sound, or working with something that produces such sounds.
Present participle of 'clinker,' from 'clink' plus the gerund suffix '-ing.' The root 'clink' comes from onomatopoeia in Middle Dutch.
The word 'clinkering' captures a whole world of industrial sounds—from knights suiting up in armor to modern mechanics working late in garages, it's the audio signature of making and fixing things.
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