clang
/ˈkleɪ̯ŋ/ noun C2- A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other; usually, one considered more jarring than melodious.
- Quality of tone.
- The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
- A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
Plural clangs
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“When you combine the ideas of whistles at night, the presence of a band of gipsies who are on intimate terms with this old doctor, the fact that we have every reason to believe that the doctor has an interest in preventing his stepdaughter’s marriage, the dying allusion to a band, and, finally, the fact that Miss Helen Stoner heard a metallic clang, which might have been caused by one of those metal bars that secured the shutters falling back into its place, I think that there is good ground to think that the mystery may be cleared along those lines.”
The metallic clang heard by Miss Stoner was obviously caused by her stepfather hastily closing the door of his safe upon its terrible occupant.
In his hand he carried what appeared to be a stick, but as he laid it down upon the floor it gave a metallic clang.
It was a clang of the bell, followed instantly by heavy steps upon the stair.
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