clangoring


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clan·gor

(klăng′ər, klăng′gər)
n.
1. A clang or repeated clanging.
2. A loud racket; a din.
intr.v. clan·gored, clan·gor·ing, clan·gors
To make a clangor.
[Latin, from clangere, to clang.]
clan′gor·ous adj.
clan′gor·ous·ly adv.
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Noun 1. [画像:clangoring - a loud resonant repeating noise]clangoring - a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
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One night, as he lay in bed, the winds had carried to him the clangoring of the church bell as some enthusiast jerked the rope frantically to tell the twisted news of a great battle.
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