Associations to the word «Clanger»
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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
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.