Clang

Quick meaning: Clang is a noun meaning A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.

Meaning

A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.

More Meanings

1. Quality of tone.
2. The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
3. (psychology, psychiatry) A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
4. (music) Alternative form of klang.
5. (transitive) To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
6. (intransitive) To give out a clang; to resound.
7. (psychology, psychiatry) To utter a word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.

Example Sentences

A dented metal punching bag waiting to be clanged; a solitary object in the rhino's cage.

A cell door clanged metallically and Wentworth was flung inside. He tripped, collapsed upon the concrete floor.

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead

Then the sparks flew from the anvil while the great hammer clanged on the metal, shaping it, and Henry begged to be allowed to try it

Word Forms

• clangs
• clanging
• clanged

Synonyms for clang

Depending on context, synonyms include clash, crash, jangle, clank, clangour, clangor.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include clank, clangour, clangor, clash, jangle, crash.

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