clanging
noun/ˈklæŋ.ɪŋ/ · /ˈkleɪ̯ŋ.ɪŋ/
1
A noise that clangs.
- From the nearby rail yards came clangings, groanings, chuggings.1997, Helen Papanikolas, A Greek Odyssey in the American West, page 5:
2
Human sciences, Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Sciences A mode of speech (or writing) characterized by compulsive association of words based upon sound rather than meaning.
- Derived terms
- clangingly