clanging

American  

[klang-ing] / ˈklæŋ ɪŋ /

noun

1. a pattern of speech observed in some types of mental illness, as manic disorder, in which associations are based on punning or rhyming.

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Etymology

Origin of clanging

clang- probably < German Klang sound, taken as clang + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Ollie Chessum, brought in for his heft, delivered in spades, scoring two tries, laying on a deft pass for Alex Coles' score and clanging about in close combat.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

“My Soul / Half Pint,” which features Dry Cleaning fan Jeff Tweedy of Wilco on clanging guitar, is about a woman who meticulously arranges her house but finds cleaning “demeaning.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

One plot point is underscored by clanging church bells that definitely don’t exist on this empty stretch of land.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

Are the fears of childhood little more than a clanging we try our whole lives to suppress?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

I’d heard the same clanging every day, every night, since we’d moved to this city, but there was something so shrill, so rude in the sound that I bolted up in bed.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Related Words

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