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Clang
/klæŋ/
A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
📖 Definitions of "Clang"
noun
- 1
A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
- 2
Quality of tone.
- 3
The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
- 4
A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
verb
- 1
To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
- 2
To give out a clang; to resound.
noun
- 1
Any periodic sound, especially one composed of a fundamental and harmonics, as opposed to simple periodic sounds (sine tones).
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