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clangings

clangings is the plural of clanging.

Meaning of clanging

Noun

clanging (countable and uncountable, plural clangings)

  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. A mode of speech (or writing) characterized by compulsive association of words based upon sound rather than meaning.

Questions about clangings

What is clangings the plural of?
Clangings is the plural of clanging.

Words near clangings in the dictionary

  1. clangier
  2. clangiest
  3. clangily
  4. clanging
  5. clangingly
  6. clangings
  7. clangor
  8. clangored
  9. clangoring
  10. clangorous
  11. clangorously

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