clang
/ˈkleɪ̯ŋ/ verb C2- To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
- To give out a clang; to resound.
- To utter a word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
He/she/it clangs · Past clanged · Past participle clanged · -ing form clanging
Verb forms
- Base form
- clang
- He/she/it
- clangs
- Past
- clanged
- Past participle
- clanged
- -ing form
- clanging
From the library
And to the ramparts clanging down,
As I opened my door I seemed to hear a low whistle, such as my sister described, and a few moments later a clanging sound, as if a mass of metal had fallen.
“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.
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