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Clang

//klæŋ// intj, noun, verb

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Imitative of a loud metallic ringing sound.
  2. 2
    Said after someone has name-dropped (mentioned a famous person with whom they are acquainted). humorous
Noun
  1. 1
    A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.

    "Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead"

  2. 2
    a loud resonant repeating noise wordnet
  3. 3
    Quality of tone.
  4. 4
    The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
  5. 5
    A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.

    "For much of this day, Mrs Y. wrote in her diary, covering page after page in a rapid scrawl full of paligraphic repetitions, puns, clangs, and violent, perseverative crossings-out […]"

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  1. 6
    Alternative form of klang. alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang. transitive

    "Around, the first Curetes (order solemn / To thy foreknowing mother!) trod tumultuous / Their mystic dance, and clanged their sounding arms; [...]"

  2. 2
    make a loud noise wordnet
  3. 3
    To give out a clang; to resound. intransitive

    "Middlesbrough will wonder whether it might have been different if the volley that Jelle Vossen slashed towards John Ruddy’s net after nine minutes had been a couple inches lower rather than clanging off the crossbar. They should not dwell on that moment too long, however."

  4. 4
    To utter a word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.

Etymology

Etymology 1

1570, of imitative origin. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere (“to resound”) (which probably influenced it).

Etymology 2

1570, of imitative origin. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere (“to resound”) (which probably influenced it).

Etymology 3

1570, of imitative origin. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere (“to resound”) (which probably influenced it).

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