clanging

clang-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of *clang*: making a loud, resonant metallic sound.

  2. 2.

    Producing a loud metallic sound.

Related words

See also: banging, clang, clanking, ringing

Etymology

From imitative origin clang, representing the sound itself. The word has been in use since the 16th century.