clang

clang
    n 1: a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang
         of distant bells" [syn: {clang}, {clangor}, {clangour},
         {clangoring}, {clank}, {clash}, {crash}]
    v 1: make a loud noise; "clanging metal" [syn: {clang},
         {clangor}]
    

Clang \Clang\ (kl[a^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clanged}
   (kl[a^]ngd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clanging}.] [L. clangere; akin
   to Gr. kla`zein to clash, scream; or perh. to E. clank.]
   To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound.
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         The fierce Caretes . . . clanged their sounding arms.
                                                  --Prior.
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Clang \Clang\, v. i.
   To give out a clang; to resound. "Clanging hoofs."
   --Tennyson.
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Clang \Clang\, n.
   1. A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic
      substances when clanged or struck together.
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            The broadsword's deadly clang,
            As if a thousand anvils rang.         --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   2. (Mus.) Quality of tone.
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84 Moby Thesaurus words for "clang":
      animal noise, bark, barking, belch, birdcall, blare, blat, bray,
      burr, buzz, cackle, call, caw, change ringing, chime, chiming,
      chink, chirr, clanging, clangor, clank, clanking, clash, clink,
      craunch, croak, crump, crunch, cry, ding, ding-a-ling, dingdong,
      dinging, dingle, dong, donging, gong, grind, groan, growl, grumble,
      grunt, howl, howling, jangle, jar, jingle, jingle-jangle,
      jinglejangle, jingling, knell, knelling, mating call, note, peal,
      peal ringing, pealing, rasp, ring, ring changes, ringing, scranch,
      scrape, scratch, scrunch, snarl, snore, sound, sound a knell,
      stridulation, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkle,
      tinkling, tinnitus, tintinnabulate, toll, tolling, twang,
      ululation, woodnote