Associations to the word «Clanger»

Wiktionary

CLANGER, noun. (chiefly UK) A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
CLANGER, noun. (Australia) (Australian rules football) A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".
CLANGER, noun. Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively).
CLANGER, noun. The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
CLANGER, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

CLANGER, noun. A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger".

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche