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What is the noun for clanging?

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clanger

Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively).
The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
(chiefly Britain, informal) A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
(chiefly Britain, informal) An inhabitant of Bedfordshire.
(Australia, Australian rules football) A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".
An early hi-hat consisting of cymbals mounted on the rim of a bass drum and struck with an arm on the drum's pedal.
Synonyms:

mistake, error, blunder, slip, gaffe, oversight, fault, lapse, boob, misstep, gaff, goof, stumble, inaccuracy, slipup, fluff, flub, fumble, screwup, miscue, clinker, brick, miscalculation, trip, bobble, howler, blooper, bloomer, indiscretion, boner, solecism, misjudgment, impropriety, misjudgement, bloop, floater, pratfall, boo-boo, slip-up, faux pas, lapsus calami, lapsus linguae, slip of the tongue, slip of the pen, fail, bungle, foul-up, botch, thinko, barry … more

Examples:

“I am not knocking the hospital because as I said they do a good job but in this case they have dropped a bit of a clanger.”

“Somebody's dropped a clanger and at tomorrow's meeting I'll be trying to see how we can stop the same thing from happening again.”

“Edwards was recalled but was subbed at half-time after dropping a clanger in the 2-0 defeat by Leyton Orient in October.”

clang

A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
Quality of tone.
The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
(psychology) A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
Synonyms:

clank, clash, chime, peal, ringing, toll, ring, knell, jangle, clink, clangor, clangour, whang, bang, bong, reverberation, crash, noise, ding-dong, jingle, tolling, clatter, sound, rattle, clinking, clanging, tintinnabulation, tinkle, boom, rattling, jingling, chink, tocsin, carillon, dong, ding, jangling, clanking, clattering, resounding, sounding, tinkling, strike, striking, racket, call, buzz, dinging, stroke, knoll … more

Examples:

“Swords flash, the clang of sounds echoing painfully in tender ears.”

clanging

A noise that clangs.
(psychology) A mode of speech (or writing) characterized by compulsive association of words based upon sound rather than meaning.
Synonyms:

clank, clang, clash, clink, jangle, clatter, rattle, jingle, clangor, clinking, clangour, clattering, whang, jangling, bang, rattling, ring, jingling, bong, clunking, clunk, crash, tintinnabulation, tinkle, chime, ringing, sound, clanking, toll, peal, tolling, carillon, knell, ding, chink, babel, clashing, chinking, jar, boom, pealing, dong, ding-dong, Angelus, sounding, call, buzz, dinging, tinkling, tocsin … more

clangor

Canada, US standard spelling of clangour.
Synonyms:

din, racket, noise, babel, discordance, cacophony, roar, decibels, rattle, chatter, blare, brawl, katzenjammer, bowwow, bruit, clamour, bluster, clamor, jangle, crash, sound, clash, clatter, bang, clangour, stridency, discord, loud noise, boom, blast, jangling, blaring, buzz, uproar, tumult, row, pandemonium, tintinnabulation, charivari, dissonance, confused noise, jarring, honk, ring, thud, shot, peal, sonance, clang, disharmony … more

Examples:

“The clangor of honking cars and the maddening din of a thousand engines almost drive me to vertigo.”

“He grasped the sword and traced the sword's point on the stone with a slow clangor.”

clangour

(Britain, Canada) A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.

clangorousness

The quality of being clangorous.

clangings

plural of clanging
Synonyms:

clanks, clangs, clashes, clinks, jangles, clatters, rattles, jingles, clangors, clinkings, clangours, clatterings, whangs, janglings, bangs, rattlings, rings, jinglings, bongs, clunks, crashes, chimes, tintinnabulations, tinkles, ringings, sounds, clankings, peals, tolls, tollings, carillons, knells, dings, chinks, babels, chinkings, clashings, jars, booms, pealings, dongs, ding-dongs, Angeluses, soundings, buzzes, calls, noises, tocsins, tinklings, reverberations … more

clangours

plural of clangour
Synonyms:

clanks, clangs, clashes, clinks, jangles, clatters, rattles, jingles, clangors, clinkings, clanging, clatterings, whangs, janglings, bangs, rattlings, rings, jinglings, bongs, clunks, crashes, reverberation, peals, chimes, clankings, chinks, knells, ringings, tolls, tinklings, tinkles, wallops, strikings, jars, tintinnabulation, clashings, chinking, babels, ding-dongs, noise, tollings, tocsins, sound, dongs, knolls, resoundings, strokes, booms, dings, carillons … more

clangers

plural of clanger
Synonyms:

mistakes, error, blunders, slips, gaffes, oversight, faults, lapses, boobs, missteps, gaffs, goofs, stumbles, inaccuracy, slipups, fluffs, flubs, fumbles, screwups, miscues, clinker, brick, miscalculation, trips, bobbles, howlers, bloopers, bloomers, indiscretion, boners, solecisms, misjudgment, impropriety, misjudgements, bloops, floaters, pratfalls, boo-boo, slip-ups, faux pas, slips of the tongue, slips of the pen, fail, bungles, foul-ups, screw-ups, botches, defects, thinkos, barries … more

Examples:

“Robertson has strong ideas about where he wants to be artistically, but admits to some clangers in his 13-year career.”

“One minute he was committing world-class clangers, the next he was executing world-class saves.”

“Your clangers are so obvious and often crucial that they're always highlighted.”

clangors

plural of clangor
Synonyms:

dins, rackets, noise, babels, discordance, cacophony, roars, rattles, chatters, blares, brawls, katzenjammers, bowwows, bruit, clamour, blusters, clamor, jangles, clashes, crashes, clatters, bangs, discord, sound, clangs, clangours, stridency, blasts, booms, blarings, buzzes, uproar, tumults, pandemoniums, janglings, charivari, rows, rings, resoundings, tintinnabulation, thunder, peals, detonations, shots, thuds, explosions, eruption, sonances, drumming, clanks … more

clangs

plural of clang
Synonyms:

clanks, clashes, chimes, peals, ringings, tolls, rings, knells, jangles, clinks, clangors, clangours, whangs, bangs, bongs, reverberation, crashes, noise, ding-dongs, jingles, sound, tollings, clatters, clinkings, clanging, tintinnabulation, tinkles, rattles, booms, jinglings, tocsins, dings, rattlings, dongs, carillons, chinks, tinklings, clatterings, strikes, clankings, resoundings, soundings, janglings, bells, buzzes, pealings, Angeluses, calls, tingles, knolls … more

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