clanging

American  

[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.

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Etymology

Origin of clanging

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

Example Sentences

“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

There is less shouting, banging and clanging and fewer voices raised in anger.

From BBC

He also wrote a poem about bells, bells, and more bells, ringing and clanging and jangling away, from tinkling sleigh bells like those of a troika, to the deep, basso tolling of funeral bells.

From Literature

The conductor came up behind them, still clanging away on his bell.

From Literature

As a crowd gathered to watch, he lifted his rifle and fired a bull’s-eye, setting off a loud clanging of bells.

From Literature

Related Words

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