clang
pronunciation
How to pronounce clang in British English:
UK [klæŋ]
How to pronounce clang in American English:
US [klæŋ]
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- Noun:
- a loud resonant repeating noise
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- Verb:
- make a loud noise
Word Origin
- clang (v.)
- 1570s, echoic (originally of trumpets and birds), akin to or from Latin clangere "resound, ring," and Greek klange "sharp sound," from PIE *klang-, nasalized form of root *kleg- "to cry, sound." Related: Clanged; clanging.
- clang (n.)
- 1590s, from clang (v.).
Example
- 1. There was a clang as he dropped the tools .
- 2. Night also has voice , rumble and clang . It maybe more resonating caused by the silent night , maybethe cart break down the wall of silent .
- 3. The old man says : " I think and small oneself wife of 30 years old lives together . " Sacred the magic club in handle one brandish , clang , turned the old man into 90 years old .
- 4. The gates made a loud clang .
- 5. The clang and tumult were still going on , and the remorseless fires were burning fiercely as before .