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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.

Etymology

Origin of clanging

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

Example Sentences

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The closing number, “Match-Lit,” features a moody production with a clanging snare drum and bits of pedal-steel guitar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

The hilltop temples echoed with chants, while dance troupes performed with clanging cymbals and bagpipes.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2025

Are the fears of childhood little more than a clanging we try our whole lives to suppress?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

Keith’s drive had just enough behind it, though, clanging off the metal gate barricading the first row of outfield seats.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2024

He was not ready for the trip up those clanging stairs to the empty roof where he had no animal.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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