Meaning of clang in English

Examples of clang

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Obviously there is a loud sound of stable doors clanging after the horse has bolted.
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The result was that a large number of the men came, as usual, a few minutes after the hour, and found the iron gates clanged in their faces.
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Yamamoto utilizes heavy drums, piano, voiced chants, clangs of pipes, and electric guitar.
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Beautifully chimed ticks, scratches, clangs and lush melodic vibrations support her breathy voice.
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About an hour later, sailors ran to their battle stations, steel doors clanged shut, and all made ready for battle.
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When an electric current is applied, it produces a repetitive buzzing or clanging sound.
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On some tracks, the music was punctuated by clanging metal, rustling wind or sharp, industrial sounds.
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The first fire alarm was sounded by clanging a big iron bell.
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Two circles formed by men and women revolve clockwise and anticlockwise following the rhythm of the music, while clanging their dandias with their respective partners.
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Clang's lexer does not attempt to differentiate between type names and variable names: it simply reports the current token as an identifier.
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She has stated that hearing these pieces of songs clanging together in her mind compelled her to take the pieces apart and craft songs from them.
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The same room is the location of a large ebony clock that ominously clangs at each hour, upon which everyone stops talking or dancing and the orchestra stops playing.
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If people have a tram stop near their home, they have the noise of a bus and the clang of a bell.
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However, they all believe that potential recruits are not deterred from violence by the clang of the prison gates.
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There is a clang every time a tram sets off from a stop.
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Translations of clang

in Chinese (Traditional)
(使)叮噹作響, (使)發出噹啷聲…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(使)叮当作响, (使)发出当啷声…
in Spanish
(hacer) sonar, sonido metálico…
in Portuguese
ressoar, soar…
in more languages
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in French
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Russian
in Italian
çınlamak, tınlamak…
faire un bruit métallique, bruit métallique…
kovově hlučet, kovový zvuk…
smække, smækken…
berdentang, dentangan…
ทำให้เกิดเสียงดังกังวานนาน, เสียงดังกังวานนาน…
kêu vang, tiếng lanh lảnh…
szczękać…
berdentang, dentangan…
schallen, der Schall…
gi metallklang, klirre, klemte…
лязгать…
risuonare con fragore, fragore…
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