Clang

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A loud, resonant, metallic sound.
  • n. The strident call of a crane or goose.
  • v. To make or cause to make a clang.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
  • n. Quality of tone.
  • n. The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
  • n. A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
  • v. To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
  • v. To give out a clang; to resound.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To give out a clang; to resound.
  • n. A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together.
  • n. Quality of tone.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A loud, sharp, resonant, and metallic sound; a clangor: as, the clang of arms; the clang of bells; the clang of hammers.
  • n. The quality of a musical sound; the respect in which a tone of one instrument differs from the same tone struck on another; timbre. See extract.
  • To give out a clang; resound.
  • To cause to sound with a clang.
  • To cause the name of to resound; celebrate with clangor.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a loud resonant repeating noise
  • v. make a loud noise
  • Verb Form
    clanged    clanging    clangs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    noise    sound    go   
    Cross Reference
    ring    timbre   
    Form
    clanged    clanging   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    resound    clam   
    Verb Stem
    cling   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chang    Fang    Hang    Kuomintang    Lang    Lange    Liang    Nanchang    Pyongyang    Shenyang   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clatter    clank    thud    peal    rumble    clash    bang    creak    screech    din