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clanging

/ˈklæŋɪŋ/

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verb

Klingen, scheppern

To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.

Examples :

"The cook was clanging pots and pans together loudly in the kitchen. "

Der Koch ließ in der Küche laut Töpfe und Pfannen scheppern.

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verb

Klingen, läuten

To give out a clang; to resound.

Examples :

"The construction workers were clanging metal pipes together loudly, making it hard to hear. "

Die Bauarbeiter schlugen laut Metallrohre zusammen, wodurch es schwer zu hören war.

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noun

Geklirr, Geklingel

A noise that clangs.

Examples :

"The clanging from the construction site woke the whole neighborhood. "

Das Geklirr von der Baustelle weckte die ganze Nachbarschaft.

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noun

Klangassoziation, Reimzwang

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

Examples :

"The psychiatrist noted the patient's clanging – a jumbled stream of rhymes and near-rhymes that made it difficult to understand his actual thoughts. "

Der Psychiater bemerkte die Klangassoziation des Patienten – ein wirres Durcheinander von Reimen und Beinahe-Reimen, das es schwierig machte, seine tatsächlichen Gedanken zu verstehen.

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