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Grammar : Noun
Spell : klash
Phonetic Transcription : klæʃ



Définition of clashing

Origin :
  • c.1500, "to make a loud, sharp sound," of imitative origin, or a blend of clap and crash. Cf. Dutch kletsen "splash, clash," German klatschen, Danish klaske "clash, knock about." Figurative sense, in reference to non-physical strife or battle, is first attested 1620s. Of things, "to come into collision," from 1650s; of colors, "to go badly together," first recorded 1894. Related: Clashed; clashing.
  • noun dissension
Example sentences :
  • There was a sound of rude voices, and a clashing of swords and staves.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • There was a great snarling and growling, a clashing of teeth and a flurry of bodies.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • He sees Germany still a mere crazy-quilt of clashing states.
  • Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
  • She got up with a clashing of little chains and yawned broadly.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • The policies of the English colonists and of their general government were ever clashing.
  • Extract from : « Afloat on the Ohio » by Reuben Gold Thwaites
  • Clashing shields and waving javelins, while we are cut to pieces!
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Brood » by Duffield Osborne
  • A terrific shout was heard now, above the clashing of steel.
  • Extract from : « Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser » by Walter Fenton Mott
  • At present my morning and evening baths are in serious danger of clashing.
  • Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • This experiment will enable you to figure to your mind a pair of clashing atoms.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • Then he heaved the soft mass of the dead termite into the clashing mandibles.
  • Extract from : « The Raid on the Termites » by Paul Ernst

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