Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To collide with a loud, harsh, usually metallic noise.
- intransitive verb To meet in violent conflict.
- intransitive verb To be in opposition or disagreement.
- intransitive verb To create an unpleasant visual impression when placed together.
- intransitive verb To strike together with a loud, harsh, metallic noise.
- noun A loud, harsh noise, such as that made by two metal objects in collision.
- noun A violent conflict or confrontation.
- noun A disagreement or state of opposition: synonym: conflict.
- noun An incongruity or unpleasant juxtaposition of different colors or elements.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make a loud harsh noise, as from a violent or sudden blow or collision.
- To dash against an object with a loud noise; come into violent and resounding collision; strike furiously.
- Figuratively, to act with opposing power or in a contrary direction; come into collision; contradict; interfere: as, their opinions and their interests clash.
- To talk; gossip idly; tattle; tell tales.
- To bang; strike, or strike against, with a resounding collision; strike sharply together.
- noun A sharp or harsh noise made by a blow, as upon a metallic surface; a sound produced by the violent collision of hard bodies; a striking together with noise; noisy collision.
- noun Figuratively, opposition; collision; contradiction, as between differing or conflicting interests, views, purposes, etc.
- noun Tittle-tattle; scandal; idle talk.
- noun A quantity of any moist substance thrown at something; a splash.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To strike noisily against or together.
- intransitive verb To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.
- intransitive verb To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere.
- noun A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision.
- noun Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun onomatopoeia A
loud sound. - noun military A
skirmish , a hostile encounter. - noun sports a
match ; a game between two sides. - noun An angry
argument - noun Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.
- noun A
combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours. - noun An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.
- verb to make a loud clash
- verb to come into violent
conflict - verb intransitive to
argue angrily - verb intransitive, of clothes to not look good together.
- verb intransitive to
coincide , to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all. - verb intransitive to
face each other in an important game.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a loud resonant repeating noise
- noun a state of conflict between persons
- verb crash together with violent impact
- noun a state of conflict between colors
- verb disagree violently
- noun a minor short-term fight
- verb be incompatible; be or come into conflict
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The title clash will be the pair's 21st meeting with Nadal holding the advantage at 13 wins to seven.
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World No. 6 Saina came back strongly in the title clash after losing the first game and stepped up the gas against the second-seeded Malaysian in the next two games, with the home crowd cheering for her.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Germany await the winners of Thursday's other semi-final between Australia and the Netherlands in the title clash scheduled for Saturday at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
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Morales in five fights prior to the title clash against Montiel had fought as a super bantamweight.
BoxingScene.com 2010
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The final is slated for July 10, a day before the title clash in South Africa.
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They had lost the title clash of the 2008 event to Argentina via golden goal.
Times Now 2010
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The title clash will be the pair's 21st meeting with Nadal holding the advantage at 13 wins to seven.
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Last month Bhupathi and Mirnyi had lost the title clash of the Miami event to Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy.
The Times of India 2010
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But on the eve of the title clash against host France, he suffered a convulsive fit.
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In the title clash, in-form Ashour will take on third seed Adrian Grant of England, who in the second semi-final today got the better of a fighting second seed Mohammed Azlan Iskander of Malaysia 13-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-5.
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