clang
IPA: kɫˈæŋ
noun
- A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
- Quality of tone.
- The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
- (psychology, psychiatry) A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
- (music) Alternative form of klang [(music) Any periodic sound, especially one composed of a fundamental and harmonics, as opposed to simple periodic sounds (sine tones).]
verb
- (transitive) To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
- (intransitive) To give out a clang; to resound.
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Examples of "clang" in Sentences
- He is a childhood friend of Klan Clang.
- The link to clang is certainly erroneous.
- Clang was born Ang Choon Leng in Singapore.
- The loose housetop sheets clatter and clang.
- The door closed behind us with a hollow clang.
- The construction site makes a loud clanging sound.
- Marty remembers a thud and a clang, but nothing else.
- It brushed the admiral before it clanged to the floor.
- Then, all of a sudden, the radiator started clanging and hissing.
- Clang manages to remove the ring and gives it to Foot and Algernon.