CLASH

brush, clash, encounter, skirmish

(noun) a minor short-term fight

clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash

(noun) a loud resonant repeating noise; “he could hear the clang of distant bells”

clash, friction

(noun) a state of conflict between persons

clash

(noun) a state of conflict between colors; “her dress was a disturbing clash of colors”

clash

(verb) disagree violently; “We clashed over the new farm policies”

collide, clash

(verb) crash together with violent impact; “The cars collided”; “Two meteors clashed”

clash, jar, collide

(verb) be incompatible; be or come into conflict; “These colors clash”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

clash (countable and uncountable, plural clashes)

(onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects.

(military) A skirmish, a hostile encounter.

(sports) a match; a game between two sides.

An angry argument

Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.

A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.

(hurling) An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.

(Scotland) Chatter; gossip; idle talk.

Verb

clash (third-person singular simple present clashes, present participle clashing, simple past and past participle clashed)

(intransitive) To make a clashing sound.

(transitive) To cause to make a clashing sound.

To come into violent conflict.

(intransitive) To argue angrily.

(intransitive, in games or sports) To face each other in an important game.

(intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.

(intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.

(intransitive, Scotland) To chatter or gossip.

Anagrams

• chals

Source: Wiktionary

Clash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Clashing.] Etym: [Of imitative origin; cf. G. klatschen, Prov. G. kleschen, D. kletsen, Dan. klaske, E. clack.]

1. To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.

2. To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere. However some of his interests might clash with those of the chief adjacent colony. Palfrey.

Clash, v. t.

Definition: To strike noisily against or together.

Clash n.

1. A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision. The roll of cannon and clash of arms. Tennyson.

2. Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc. Clashes between popes and kings. Denham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition