0 present participle of clang
1 to make a loud deep ringing sound like that of metal being hit, or to cause something to make this sound:
There are no "clanging gates" there.
We rang an ancient clanging bell and were taken by an old crone down dank passages until we came to the only room which appeared to be on show.
There are no heavy clanging doors, but light ones; and there are inlaid wooden floors.
Obviously there is a loud sound of stable doors clanging after the horse has bolted.
But the pattern of spending capital is clanging.
First, children, in particular, go to bed fairly early and are woken up quite often by this clanging and wretched din in the street.
No motorist objects when he hears an ambulance or fire engine clanging its bell behind him.
How can other newspapers do their duty with the chains clanging about them?
