<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to give out a loud, resonant sound, as that produced by a large bell or two heavy pieces of metal striking together: The bells clanged from the steeples.</li><li>to move with such sounds: The old truck clanged down the street.</li><li>(used with object) to cause to resound or ring loudly.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a clanging sound.</li></ul>