Associations to the word «Clanging»

Wiktionary

CLANG, noun. A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
CLANG, noun. Quality of tone.
CLANG, noun. The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
CLANG, noun. (psychology) (psychiatry) A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
CLANG, verb. (transitive) To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
CLANG, verb. (intransitive) To give out a clang; to resound.

Dictionary definition

CLANG, noun. A loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells".
CLANG, verb. Make a loud noise; "clanging metal".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats