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# clanging

verb (clang, clangs, clanged, clanging) — -ing form; adjective (clanging); noun (the clanging)

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

## Everyday

1. Clanging is making a loud ringing sound of metal hitting metal, like a bell, a pan or a gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clanging/#m1)
2. A clanging sound is loud, harsh and ringing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clanging/#m2)
3. (idiom, informal) A clanger or a clanging mistake is a big, embarrassing mistake (from «drop a clanger»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clanging/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories, clanging bells, gates and pans set the scene: a clanging fire bell, a clanging prison door. In science lessons about sound, metal objects clang when they vibrate. It tells the reader the noise is loud and metallic. Phrases: «clanging bells», «the clanging of pots», «clang shut».

### Examples

- The fire engine came clanging down the street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clanging/#x1)
- The iron gate was clanging in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clanging/#x2)
- I heard the clanging of pots and pans in the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clanging/#x3)
- The school bell was clanging loudly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clanging/#x4)
- The heavy door clanged shut behind the prisoner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clanging/#x5)
- The clanging of the hammer on the metal hurt my ears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clanging/#x6)

### Note

Clang is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like its noise), like bang and ding. Regular verb: clanged, clanging. «Drop a clanger» (UK) means make an embarrassing mistake.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The last psalm calls for praising God with every instrument, including cymbals. Tradition reads it as saying that everything with breath should praise God. In the primary lessons: In stories, clanging bells, gates and pans set the scene: a clanging fire bell, a clanging prison door. In science lessons about sound, metal objects clang when they vibrate. It tells the reader the noise is loud and metallic. Phrases: «clanging bells», «the clanging of pots», «clang shut».

### Examples

- Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals; praise Him with the clanging cymbals. (Writings PSA.150.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clanging/#x1)

### Note

Clang is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like its noise), like bang and ding. Regular verb: clanged, clanging. «Drop a clanger» (UK) means make an embarrassing mistake.

## On Mova

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