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clash(2)(dictionary)
clish-clash(dictionary)
clash 1, verb(dictionary)
clash 2, noun(dictionary)

clash(2) (iou)



clash verb. E16.
[Imit.: cf. CLASH noun.]
I. verb intrans.
Make a loud discordant resonant sound, produce a clash; strike violently, esp. so as to produce a clash (against, together). E16.
Milton Arms on Armour clashing. Sir W. Scott The swords clashed smartly together. O. Manning Outside, a thunderstorm was roaring and clashing.
Come into conflict; disagree, be at variance, be incompatible; (of colours etc.) contrast jarringly. (Foll. by with.) E17.
D. Carnegie These two clashed on every debatable subject. W. S. Churchill When pleasure clashed with royal duty it was usually pleasure that won. H. Kissinger Soviet and Chinese troops clashed in the frozen Siberian tundra.
Talk recklessly or maliciously. Scot. L17.
II. verb trans.
Strike (together) so as to produce a clash; slam (a door etc.); Scot. throw violently so as to produce a clash. E16.
Tennyson Sir Gareth's brand clashed his. Tolkien The armed men that stood near clashed their weapons. J. Dickey I got in and clashed the car door.
Produce or express with a clash. M17.
R. Ellis Let a gong clash glad emotion.
clasher noun E17.