whang

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of WHANG

the loud sound made when metal strikes metal <the incessant whang of a wrench on the exhaust pipe as she fixed the car>

Synonyms clangor, clank, clash, whang

Related Words chime, ding-dong, knell, peal, ping, plink, ring, tintinnabulation; chink, clink, clinkety-clank, jangle, jingle, rattle, tang, tinkle, twang; clap, clip-clop, clop, crack, crash, crunch; clump, clunk, thump

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