clangour UK /ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ə/US /ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ɚ/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.H. G. Wells' stark short story "The Cone" tells of a man's macabre revenge worked out in the clangour of a great steel works and railway lines and sidings. — 1957 verb1 •To make a clanging sound.It clangoured through the house like a bell in a tomb. — 1924 formsclangoured · clangouring · clangours