Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang. · To give out a clang; to resound. · To utter a word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other; usually, one considered more jarring than melodious. · Quality of tone. · The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose. · A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
Imitative of a loud metallic ringing sound. · Said after someone has name-dropped (mentioned a famous person with whom they are acquainted).
1570, of imitative origin. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from German klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere (“to resound”) (which probably influenced it).
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