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Clangs
A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
📖 Definitions of "Clangs"
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A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
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Quality of tone.
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The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
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A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
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To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
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To give out a clang; to resound.
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Any periodic sound, especially one composed of a fundamental and harmonics, as opposed to simple periodic sounds (sine tones).
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Clangs"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| clanknoun | A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal. |
| clangournoun | (British, Canada) A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din. |
| clangornoun | Canada, US standard spelling of clangour. [(British, Canada) A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.] |
| clashnoun | Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc. |
| janglenoun | A rattling metallic sound; a clang. |
| crashnoun | A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals. |
| clangoringnoun | a loud resonant repeating noise |
| clanksnoun | A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal. |
| clunksnoun | A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact. |
| thwacksnoun | An act of hitting hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; a whack; also, a powerful stroke involved in such hitting; a blow, a strike. |
| clacksnoun | Clackmannanshire (in postal addresses) |
| thudsnoun | The sound of a dull impact. |
| mufflesnoun | Anything that mutes or deadens sound. |
| clinksnoun | (onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass. |
| tintinnabulationnoun | The ringing of bells. |
| tympaninoun | Alternative spelling of timpani. [(music) The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra.] |
| cracklesnoun | (medicine, plural only, lung sounds) rales |
| thrummingnoun | The sound or action of something that thrums. |
| tremolosnoun | (music) A rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes. It can also be intended to mean a rapid and repetitive variation in pitch for the duration of a note. It is notated by a strong diagonal bar across the note stem, or a detached bar for a set of notes (or stemless notes). |
| humsnoun | Alternative form of Homs, a city in Syria. [A city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria.] |
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