clang
1570, of imitative origin; Compare also stq Kloang, Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere. Pronunciation Noun
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1570, of imitative origin; Compare also stq Kloang, Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin
clang (plural clangs)
- 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.
- (psychology, psychiatry) A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- For much of this day, Mrs Y. wrote in her diary, covering page after page in a rapid scrawl full of paligraphic repetitions, puns, clangs, and violent, perseverative crossings-out […]
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- (music) Alternative form of klang#English|klang
- Russian: лязг
clang (clangs, present participle clanging; past and past participle clanged)
- (transitive) To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
- The fierce Caretes […] clanged their sounding arms.
- (intransitive) To give out a clang; to resound.
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