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clanging

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[klang-ing] / ˈklæŋ ɪŋ /

noun

  1. a pattern of speech observed in some types of mental illness, as manic disorder, in which associations are based on punning or rhyming.

Etymology

Origin of clanging

clang- probably < German Klang sound, taken as clang + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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So I will not ring a bell every time the miniseries, which admittedly bills itself as “inspired by a true story,” diverts from the record, even though in my head it may be clanging.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

“My Soul / Half Pint,” which features Dry Cleaning fan Jeff Tweedy of Wilco on clanging guitar, is about a woman who meticulously arranges her house but finds cleaning “demeaning.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

This sent alarm bells clanging back in Whitehall.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

Inside the facility, a clanging noise echoes through the pens.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2024

All this machinery made an enormous racket, rackety-banging and clanging.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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