clanging
part of speech
verb (clang, clangs, clanged, clanging) — -ing form; adjective (clanging); noun (the clanging)
meaning for a pupil
1) Clanging is making a loud ringing sound of metal hitting metal, like a bell, a pan or a gate. tree →
2) A clanging sound is loud, harsh and ringing. tree →
3) (idiom, informal) A clanger or a clanging mistake is a big, embarrassing mistake (from «drop a clanger»). tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: The last psalm calls for praising God with every instrument, including cymbals. Tradition reads it as saying that everything with breath should praise God. In the primary lessons: In stories, clanging bells, gates and pans set the scene: a clanging fire bell, a clanging prison door. In science lessons about sound, metal objects clang when they vibrate. It tells the reader the noise is loud and metallic. Phrases: «clanging bells», «the clanging of pots», «clang shut».
examples
- Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals; praise Him with the clanging cymbals. (Writings PSA.150.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- The fire engine came clanging down the street. tree →
- The iron gate was clanging in the wind. tree →
- I heard the clanging of pots and pans in the kitchen. tree →
- The school bell was clanging loudly. tree →
- The heavy door clanged shut behind the prisoner. tree →
- The clanging of the hammer on the metal hurt my ears. tree →
note
Clang is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like its noise), like bang and ding. Regular verb: clanged, clanging. «Drop a clanger» (UK) means make an embarrassing mistake.
In the corpora
- Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals; praise Him with the clanging cymbals.
- Paul wrote that without love a person is only «a clanging cymbal», however great their gifts and knowledge.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «clanging» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.