Past tense of clang; made a loud, sharp, metallic sound.
From the verb 'clang,' which derives from Middle English and represents an onomatopoeia—it directly imitates the sound it describes.
Onomatopoeia like 'clang' are among the most ancient words in languages because early humans needed to communicate about sounds before written language existed.
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