clang

About 0.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other; usually, one considered more jarring than melodious.
2. noun Quality of tone. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. noun The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
4. noun A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
5. noun Alternative form of klang.
6. verb To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
7. verb To give out a clang; to resound.
8. verb To utter a word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.

Similar words

clank clangour clangor clash jangle crash clangoring battleaxe ching clam

Often followed by

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Word family

clanged clanging clangs