clang

Plural: clangs

Noun

• a loud resonant repeating noise
  • "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
• A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
• Quality of tone.
• The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
• A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
• Alternative form of klang.

Verb

Verb Forms: clanged, clanging, clangs

• To make a loud, resonant metallic sound.
• make a loud noise
  • "clanging metal"
• To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
• To give out a clang; to resound.
• To utter a word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.

Intj

• Imitative of a loud metallic ringing sound.
• Said after someone has name-dropped (mentioned a famous person with whom they are acquainted).

Examples

• The CLANG of the challenge bell was always followed by tense silence in the Scrabble hall.

Synonyms

clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, crash

Anagrams of clang