clang Definition
clang (klaŋ)
intransitive verb
- to make, or strike together with, a loud, sharp, ringing sound, as of metal being struck
- to move with such a sound
- to make a loud, harsh cry, as esp. the crane
Etymology: echoic, but assoc. with L v. clangere, also of echoic orig.
transitive verb
to cause to make a clanging sound
noun
a clanging sound or cry
clang Synonyms
clang Usage Examples
Object
- bell: Ring ring, ting, ting clangs the bell.
- guitar: I used to have this dream of marrying some of Quine's slashing, clanging guitars sounds to some deep dark dub reggae.
Converse of object
- hear: Perhaps you hear the clang of a stable door slamming shut?
- come: Behind them came the booming clang of descending transport rings.
Adjective modifier
- metallic: The metallic clang heard by Miss Stoner was obviously caused by her stepfather hastily closing the door of his safe upon its terrible occupant.
- loud: Then they were all at it, until the door gave way, falling down into the chamber with a loud clang.
- resounding: Bush's new warriors have thrown such ideas in the dustbin with a resounding clang.
- sharp: Dr. Horace Wilkinson was still looking moodily out of the window, when there came a sharp clang at the bell.
- tinny: This time the sound was a hollow thud rather than the tinny clang of the saw.
Modifying Another Word
- away: The sound of them clanging away is omnipresent even on days of bad weather.
- noisily: The blade clanged noisily off the console, which began to emit an urgent beeping.
Noun used with modifier
- bell: At midday, when the bells clang twelve times, she says Sext.
- door: Murder most horrid When the cell door clangs shut does a retirement income go bang with it?
- guitar: And while I approve wholeheartedly of the way the guitars clang away, that's largely irrelevant.
- blade: The sound effects and music are excellent too, completing the atmosphere and excitement of the game as punches thump and blades clang together.
Preposition: of
- bell: I had risen from my seat and was knocking out the ashes of my pipe when I suddenly heard the clang of the bell.
- door: Perhaps you hear the clang of a stable door slamming shut?
- hammer: The sound is one ever dear to the Briton - the clang of the hammer as it descends on ringing iron.
- gate: The " clang of the prison gates " effect has validity for periods of up to a week.
- doom: Then, as to the clang of doom, they awoke to their own position.
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