Clanging

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  clanging \clanging\ adj.
     emitting a series of clangs, as of metal objects colliding.
  
     Syn: clangorous.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clang \Clang\ (kl[a^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clanged}
     (kl[a^]ngd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clanging}.] [L. clangere; akin
     to Gr. kla`zein to clash, scream; or perh. to E. clank.]
     To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The fierce Caretes . . . clanged their sounding arms.
                                                    --Prior.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clanging
       adj : having a loud resonant metallic sound; "the clangorous
             locomotive works"; "a clanging gong" [syn: {clangorous}]