clang

[ klang ]

/ klæŋ /

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verb (used without object)

to give out a loud, resonant sound, as that produced by a large bell or two heavy pieces of metal striking together: The bells clanged from the steeples.

to move with such sounds: The old truck clanged down the street.

verb (used with object)

to cause to resound or ring loudly.

noun

a clanging sound.

RELATED WORDS

jangle, noise, clash

Nearby words

clamshell door, clamworm, clan, clancy, clandestine, clang, clang association, clanger, clanging, clangor, clangorous

Origin of clang

First recorded in 1570–80, clang is from the Latin word clangere to resound, clang

SYNONYMS FOR clang

1 clash, din, clank, jangle.

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Examples from the Web for clang

All day long the place rings with the clink of hammers and the clang of metal bars.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The front of the metal case, very light compared with the top, fell with a clang.
The Buttoned Sky|Geoff St. Reynard
Afterwards a church bell began to clang discordantly, as they all do in Spain.
The Stretton Street Affair|William Le Queux
Off to the right of them windows showed lights; the clang of a locomotive bell came to them as from a great distance.
Truxton King|George Barr McCutcheon

The clang of machinery, beginning slowly, increased in tempo.
The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White
Then he sat down apart from the ships, and sent among them an arrow, and terrible arose the clang of the silver bow.
The Iliad of Homer (1873)|Homer

British Dictionary definitions for clang

clang

/ (klæŋ) /

verb

to make or cause to make a loud resounding noise, as metal when struck

(intr) to move or operate making such a sound

noun

a resounding metallic noise

the harsh cry of certain birds

Word Origin for clang

C16: from Latin clangere

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Word Origin and History for clang (1 of 2)

clang

1570s, echoic (originally of trumpets and birds), akin to or from Latin clangere "resound, ring," and Greek klange "sharp sound," from PIE *klang-, nasalized form of root *kleg- "to cry, sound." Related: Clanged; clanging.

Word Origin and History for clang (1 of 2)

clang

1590s, from clang (v.).