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

A ringing sound: of something hard and fast, clanging against the marble floor.

From Literature

With the smell of curry and the adults laughing and the pots clanging, I can shut my eyes and feel like I’m back home.

From Literature

He shifts his Santa sack of trash, and there’s this clanging music from inside.

From Literature

“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

Related Words

• deafening
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• earsplitting
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