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# clang

verb (clang, clangs, clanged, clanging); noun (a clang, clangs)

«clang» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make a loud, ringing sound like metal being hit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#m1)
2. The loud metal sound itself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#m2)
3. In «clanger» (UK, informal): a silly, obvious mistake («drop a clanger»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it is a sound word for gates, bells, pots, pans and prison doors — it makes the reader hear the scene. It tells the reader something metal has been hit or has shut heavily. Similar: «clank», «clash», «ding».

### Examples

- The iron gate clanged shut behind us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#x1)
- The fire bell clanged loudly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#x2)
- A pan fell with a clang on the kitchen floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#x3)
- The blacksmith's hammer clanged on the anvil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#x4)
- The bin lid clanged in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#x5)
- We heard the clang of the school bell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#x6)
- About the same time sounded the clang of the warriors' trumpets across the heath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: clanged, clanging. It is onomatopoeia — the word sounds like the noise. «Clang» is a ringing sound; «clank» is a duller, heavier one.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «clang» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«clang» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/clang.html) on Mova free.