clang
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.
clangs
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pluralof clang.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof clang (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
clangverb (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.
Example Sentences
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Its closing track, a harmonically suspended instrumental titled “The Brazilian,” flirted with the avant-garde by repeating the same anti-melody, anchored on a jungle of percussive clangs and hyperkinetic Simmons drum rolls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
MPs may find the clangs irritating but they should be grateful they weren't working in the Canadian Parliament in the 1980s.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024
Smith complements the suffocating visuals with an elaborate sound design involving an anxiety-inducing assortment of squeaks, gurgles, moans, whispers, whimpers and clangs that make “Tin Can” well worth watching with headphones.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
It’s a fun, loose record stuffed with twisting and vibrating electronics that shifts tonally from pop-heavy melodies to erratic heavy clangs, as Smith’s voice wriggles around from gargled snarl to smoothed-out croon.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2020
I plop back onto my metal stool, which clangs and slides.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
