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clang

[klang]
–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


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.]
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