clangs
Loud metal sounds
Clangs is the plural noun and third-person singular verb form of clang, a loud, resonant metallic sound.
Metal striking metal produces a clang—church bells, prison doors, dropped pots.
The verb describes making such sounds: The gate clangs shut behind visitors.
In psychiatry, clanging refers to a pattern of speech driven by sound associations rather than meaning, where words are strung together because they rhyme or sound alike rather than because they make sense.
Sharp metallic sound
- clatterLoud rattling noise
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- bangSudden loud noise
- crashSudden violent impact
rattle · clunk · ring · peal · toll · bong · jangle · clangorous
Metal-shaping block
- hammerTool for striking nails
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- ironElement twenty-six
bell · pipe · gate · cymbal · gong · pan · bucket · machinery
Hollow resonating instrument
- sirenWailing alert device
- warningAlert about danger
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- signalMessage-conveying cue
buzzer · horn · fire alarm · school bell · closing bell · tocsin · alarum
clank
Sharp metallic sound
crash · rattle · clunk · ring · peal · toll · bong · jangle · clangorous · din
anvil
Metal-shaping block
iron · bell · pipe · gate · cymbal · gong · pan · bucket · machinery · chain
bell
Hollow resonating instrument
signal · buzzer · horn · fire alarm · school bell · closing bell · tocsin · alarum
- drop a clangerMake embarrassing verbal mistake
- dropped a clangerMade tactless blunder