Definitions for clangklæŋ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

clangklæŋ(v.i.)

  1. to give out a loud, resonant sound, as that produced by a large bell or two heavy pieces of metal striking together.

  2. to move with such sounds:

    The trolley clanged down the street.

  3. (v.t.)to cause to resound or ring loudly.

  4. (n.)a clanging sound.

Origin of clang:

1570–80; < L clangere to resound, clang

Princeton's WordNet

  1. clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash(verb)

    a loud resonant repeating noise

    "he could hear the clang of distant bells"

  2. clang, clangor(verb)

    make a loud noise

    "clanging metal"

Wiktionary

  1. clang(Noun)

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

  2. clang(Noun)

    Quality of tone.

  3. clang(Noun)

    The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.

  4. clang(Noun)

    A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.

  5. clang(Verb)

    To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.

  6. clang(Verb)

    To give out a clang; to resound.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Clang(verb)

    to strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound

  2. Clang(verb)

    to give out a clang; to resound

  3. Clang(noun)

    a loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together

  4. Clang(noun)

    quality of tone


Translations for clang

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

clang(noun)

such a sound

a loud clang.

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