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clangy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈklæŋi/

Etymology

From clang + -y.

Meanings

  1. Having a clanging sound.
    • And so is the music that sounds so squeaky and clangy to Western ears. 1940, Mordecai Gorelik, New theatres for old:
  2. (of sounds) Of the nature of a clang.
    • The customer states that there are a lot of bangy and clangy noises coming from under the hood.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
clangier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
clangiest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

clangily