Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To make a clashing sound. · To cause to make a clashing sound. · To come into violent conflict. · To argue angrily.
A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash. · A skirmish, a hostile encounter. · match; a game between two sides. · An angry argument.
Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Saterland Frisian klatskje (“to smack, slap”), West Frisian kletse, kletskje, Dutch kletsen (“to smack, slap, clash”), German Low German klattsen, klatsken (“to smack, splash”), German klatschen (“to clap, smack, slap”) and Klatsch (“a clapping sound; the din resulting from two or more things colliding”), Danish klaske (“to clash, splatter”).
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