Definitions for clash
klæʃclash

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crashnoun

   a loud resonant repeating noise

   "he could hear the clang of distant bells"

2. clash, frictionnoun

   a state of conflict between persons

3. clashnoun

   a state of conflict between colors

   "her dress was a disturbing clash of colors"

4. brush, clash, encounter, skirmishverb

   a minor short-term fight

5. collide, clashverb

   crash together with violent impact

   "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"

6. clash, jar, collideverb

   be incompatible; be or come into conflict

   "These colors clash"

7. clashverb

   disagree violently

   "We clashed over the new farm policies"

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1. clashnoun

   A loud sound.

   I heard a clash from the kitchen, and rushed in to find the cat had knocked over some pots and pans.

   Etymology: Of imitative origin.

2. clashnoun

   A skirmish, a hostile encounter.

   Etymology: Of imitative origin.

3. clashnoun

   a match; a game between two sides.

   Etymology: Of imitative origin.

4. clashnoun

   An angry argument

   Etymology: Of imitative origin.

5. clashnoun

   Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.

   Etymology: Of imitative origin.

6. clashnoun

   A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.

   She was wearing a horrible clash of red and orange.

   Etymology: Of imitative origin.

7. clashnoun

   An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.

   Etymology: Of imitative origin.

8. clashverb

   to make a loud clash

   The plates clashed to the floor.

   Etymology: Of imitative origin.

9. clashverb

   to come into violent conflict

   Fans from opposing teams clashed on the streets after the game.

   Etymology: Of imitative origin.

10. clashverb

    to argue angrily

    My parents often clashed about minor things, such as the cleaning or shopping rota.

    Etymology: Of imitative origin.

11. clashverb

    to not look good together.

    Etymology: Of imitative origin.

12. clashverb

    to coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.

    I can't come to your wedding as it clashes with a friend's funeral.

    Etymology: Of imitative origin.

13. clashverb

    to face each other in an important game.

    Etymology: Of imitative origin.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Clashverb

   to make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together

   Etymology: [Of imitative origin; cf. G. klatschen, Prov. G. kleschen, D. kletsen, Dan. klaske, E. clack.]

2. Clashverb

   to meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere

   Etymology: [Of imitative origin; cf. G. klatschen, Prov. G. kleschen, D. kletsen, Dan. klaske, E. clack.]

3. Clashverb

   to strike noisily against or together

   Etymology: [Of imitative origin; cf. G. klatschen, Prov. G. kleschen, D. kletsen, Dan. klaske, E. clack.]

4. Clashnoun

   a loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision

   Etymology: [Of imitative origin; cf. G. klatschen, Prov. G. kleschen, D. kletsen, Dan. klaske, E. clack.]

5. Clashnoun

   opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc

   Etymology: [Of imitative origin; cf. G. klatschen, Prov. G. kleschen, D. kletsen, Dan. klaske, E. clack.]

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1. Clash

   Clash is a popular music and fashion magazine based in the United Kingdom. Its magazine title is published 12 times a year. The magazine alternates between modern bands such as The Horrors, Florence & The Machine and Jamie xx as well as hip-hop artists like DJ Shadow, Kanye West and Beastie Boys, who have all had cover spots in recent issues. It concentrates on music and fashion, and often their effect on surrounding culture, as well as film and technology. However they do also have a common theme throughout their reviews of slandering musicians who don't coincide with their almost extremist views and ideals of music - possibly for comedic value and entertainment for those who read the magazine. The magazine won the Best New Magazine award in 2004 at the PPA Magazine Awards and has won further awards in England and Scotland. Most notably, Magazine Of The Year at the 2011 Record Of The Day Awards. At the turn of 2011, Clash Magazine took on an entirely new look, ditching the previous glossy feel and music led design, for an altogether more artistically led approach. The publication is based around the larger Clash brand, which extends to live events around the country and festival partnerships/parties, and the website ClashMusic.com. 2011 saw Clash partner Levi's and Spotify to bring Primal Scream to London's Electric Brixton for one of their final shows with the former Stone Roses member, Mani.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Clash

   klash, n. a loud noise, such as is caused by the striking together of weapons: opposition: contradiction: (Scot.) chatter, country talk.—v.i. to dash noisily together: to meet in opposition: to act in a contrary direction: to disagree: (Scot.) to gossip.—v.t. to strike noisily against.—n. Clash′ing, a striking against: opposition. [Formed from the sound, like Ger. and Sw. klatsch.]

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1. clash

   Song lyrics by clash -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by clash on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Conflict
   • Disagree
   • Hit
   • Noise

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'clash' in Nouns Frequency: #2001

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of clash in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of clash in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of clash in a Sentence

1. David Schanzer:

   But despite the horrific attacks, the reasons against a large-scale land invasion by U.S. and NATO forces against ISIS in Iraq and Syria remain, such an invasion will deepen the extremist narrative of clash of civilization between the West and Muslims, will insert our militaries into a deep, nasty, and unwinnable civil war, and the invading force will eventually be responsible for reconstructing a semblance of order and governance in (a) chaotic region infected with sectarian divisions.

2. Andrew Carr:

   For a diplomat, the death penalty cases are always the hardest ones because they involve a supreme act of sovereignty the foreign state believing it has the right to take the life of someone that's committed a crime but also a supreme loss of sovereignty that a country isn't able to protect its citizens overseas, you get the greatest clash of moral values in that some states believe this is right and proper to be applied and other states believe it's quite abhorrent.

3. Brendan Gaughan:

   But now the world has changed where you can kind of step over those bounds and make change, and they made a very positive one. It will work out great for our sport, as a whole. I think well gain a lot of new fans and a lot of new people will be paying attention, and thats great for all of us. THE FEUDS Hamlin, who won his third Daytona 500 in February, has been beefing with LaJoie on Twitter for months. It seemed harmless at first it wasnt even clear they were serious but took a turn in the last week. After Hamlin drew the top starting spot for last weeks race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where Hamlin lost three chances at a championship in season finale races, LaJoie said Hamlin would win the race because there was nothing on the line. That low blow escalated the warring words, prompting NASCAR to step in with an at-track meeting, Hamlin, who did indeed win at Homestead last Sunday, said after that race the feud was over. But LaJoie in his weekly podcast continued the clash until finally relenting Thursday with a social media post apologizing for his role in the bickering. LaJoie explained his position during a Zoom session with reporters and said both were wrong. Did I run my mouth a little bit more than what I probably should have? Yes. Did he do things that he probably regretted? Yes. Thats how we got into this situation, LaJoie said. We are both grown-ups. We both have kids. We both have jobs and livelihoods that are bigger than this little tiff we have going on. Meanwhile, Logano has not forgiven Elliott for the mistake that took them both out of contention on the final lap at Bristol. Logano refused to cut Elliott any room on the track as he raced Hamlin for the victory last week by making it difficult for Elliott to get past him every chance Logano had. Elliott curtly said after the race he needed to learn how to handle lapped traffic better and never mentioned Logano specifically. Logano has made it clear he has no incentive to get out of Elliotts way. You race people the way they race you. You cant do things without repercussions of some sort. You cost me a win, I cost you a win. Those types of things go like that.

4. Victoria Smolkin:

   He's saying there is a civilizational clash and that the gay pride parades in this narrative is a litmus test for which side you're on.

5. Ben Domensino:

   The size, shape and location of Tiwi Islands make them a perfect place for Hector to develop, sea breezes develop over the islands from all sides and meet in the middle. These converging winds, which are carrying moisture from the surrounding sea, have to go somewhere when they clash... so they go up. This rising column of air becomes cooler with height, which causes water vapour to condense into liquid droplets, forming clouds.

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