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clang

The correct spelling is clang.

How to pronounce clang

/klæŋ/
noun

IPA: /klæŋ/

Say it like: Cla-ng

The correct spelling is clang. A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
  2. 2.Quality of tone.
  3. 3.The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
  4. 4.A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
  5. 5.Any periodic sound, especially one composed of a fundamental and harmonics, as opposed to simple periodic sounds (sine tones).

verb

  1. 1.To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
  2. 2.To give out a clang; to resound.

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