MEANING
To make a loud, harsh metallic ringing sound.
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Words that belong together
- clang against steel
- clanging metal
On the page
The dropped bar clanged against the rail.
Word forms
- Base
- clang
- Past tense
- clanged
- Past participle
- clanged
- Present participle
- clanging
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- clang
- Present continuous
- am/is/are clanging
- Present perfect
- have/has clanged
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been clanging
- Past
- clanged
- Past continuous
- was/were clanging
- Past perfect
- had clanged
- Past perfect continuous
- had been clanging
- Future
- will clang
- Future continuous
- will be clanging
- Future perfect
- will have clanged
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been clanging
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Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: clang; clangs; clanged; clanged; clanging Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: clangs.
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