clanging

«clanging» in Mova's school dictionary: making a loud ringing sound of metal hitting metal, like… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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

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

• 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

• Paul wrote that without love a person is only «a clanging cymbal», however great their gifts and knowledge.
• Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals; praise Him with the clanging cymbals.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «clanging» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.