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

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.