Clanger

//ˈklæŋ.ə(ɹ)// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    Short for Bedfordshire clanger. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate wordnet
  4. 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. 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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  1. 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."

  2. 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.
  3. 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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