clangnoun/ˈklæŋ/

• 1

  A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other; usually, one considered more jarring than melodious.

  • Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead
• 2

  Quality of tone.

• 3

  The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.

• 4

  human-sciencesmedicinepsychiatryA word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.

  • For much of this day, Mrs Y. wrote in her diary, covering page after page in a rapid scrawl full of paligraphic repetitions, puns, clangs, and violent, perseverative crossings-out […]

clangverb/ˈklæŋ/

• 1

  To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.

  • Around, the first Curetes (order solemn / To thy foreknowing mother!) trod tumultuous / Their mystic dance, and clanged their sounding arms; [...]
  • A dented metal punching bag waiting to be clanged; a solitary object in the rhino's cage.
• 2

  To give out a clang; to resound.

  • Middlesbrough will wonder whether it might have been different if the volley that Jelle Vossen slashed towards John Ruddy’s net after nine minutes had been a couple inches lower rather than clanging off the crossbar. They should not dwell on that moment too long, however.
  • A cell door clanged metallically and Wentworth was flung inside. He tripped, collapsed upon the concrete floor.
• 3

  human-sciencesmedicinepsychiatryTo utter a word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.

clangintj/ˈklæŋ/

• 1

  Imitative of a loud metallic ringing sound.

• 2

  Said after someone has name-dropped (mentioned a famous person with whom they are acquainted).

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• klang