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clang

  [klang]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to give out a loud, resonant sound, as that produced by a large bell or two heavy pieces of metal striking together: The bells clanged from the steeples.
2. to move with such sounds: The old truck clanged down the street.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to resound or ring loudly.
–noun
4. a clanging sound.
Origin:
1570–80; < L clangere to resound, clang

Synonyms:
1. clash, din, clank, jangle.
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clang   (klāng)   
n.  

  1. A loud, resonant, metallic sound.

  2. The strident call of a crane or goose.

intr. & tr.v.   clanged, clang·ing, clangs
To make or cause to make a clang.

[Probably from Latin clangere, to ring, clang.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

clang 
1576, echoic (originally of trumpets and birds), akin to L. clangere "resound, ring," and Gk. klange "sharp sound," from PIE *klang-, nasalized form of root *kleg- "to cry, sound." Clangor is 1593, from L. clangor "sound, clang, noise." Related clank is from 1656.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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