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Clanger
//ˈklæŋ.ə(ɹ)// noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively).
"The front and patio doors are bugged. When you open one a contact breaks and off goes the clanger."
- 2 Short for Bedfordshire clanger. abbreviation, alt-of
- 3 a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate wordnet
- 4 The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
"I dismounted and walked over to Pelleas. “You may remember me, my Lord,” I said. “You once made me a knife from a bell clanger. I am Morgan, Queen of Galloway.”"
- 5 A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal
"In his speech, the best man got the bride's name wrong. What a clanger!"
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- 6 A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against". Australia
"Geelong could not get their running game going and lapsed into clanger after clanger."
- 7 An early hi-hat consisting of cymbals mounted on the rim of a bass drum and struck with an arm on the drum's pedal.
- 8 A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins. Australia
Etymology
Etymology 1
From clang (“loud ringing sound”) + -er.
Etymology 2
Shortening of Bedfordshire clanger.
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