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# clang

«clang» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make a loud, ringing sound like metal being hit** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) To make a loud, ringing sound like metal being hit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#m1)

2) The loud metal sound itself. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#m3)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#x1)
- The fire bell clanged loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#x2)
- A pan fell with a clang on the kitchen floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#x3)
- The blacksmith's hammer clanged on the anvil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#x4)
- The bin lid clanged in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/#x5)
- We heard the clang of the school bell. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [The front-door bell clangs, and in bursts the Otter, hugging the Rat so hard he splutters through his buttered toast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/0/)
- [The old gaoler's rusty key creaks, the door clangs — and Toad is a helpless prisoner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/13/)
- [Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals; praise Him with the clanging cymbals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2695/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clang» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clang/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.