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clang Definition

clang (klaŋ)

intransitive verb

  1. to make, or strike together with, a loud, sharp, ringing sound, as of metal being struck
  2. to move with such a sound
  3. 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

n.

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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