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clangor (s) (noun), clangors (pl)
1. A repetition of loud noises: Neighbors were disturbed by the sharp sounds of various metallic clangors which a group of celebrants were making to express their wishes for a happy new year to those who were there and elsewhere in the world.
2. Etymology: from Latin clangere, " to clang".
A repeated loud ringing in and from a man's head.
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A sharp and loud sound when a man in armour is hit on the head.
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