clanger
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Synonyms: langer, clangor, clinger, changer, clanged, flanger, slanger, clanker
Antonyms: langer, clangor, clinger, changer, clanged, flanger, slanger, clanker
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Noun
- Something that clangs; an alarm bell.
- The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
- A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
- In his speech, the best man got the bride's name wrong. What a clanger!
- He dropped a real clanger when he criticized the paraplegic for not standing.
- A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".
- 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.
- A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins.
Noun
- Short for Bedfordshire clanger.
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