Clanger - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈklæŋər|
Brit.
|ˈklæŋə|
noun
- a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
he dropped a clanger
Extra examples
I can't help noticing the occasional clanger in war films.
He's being blamed for dropping a massive political clanger (=making a silly or embarrassing remark).
They lost the game after a defensive clanger.
...a newsreader who memorably dropped a clanger when she referred to Robert Burns as an English poet...
Word forms
noun
singular: clanger
plural: clangers
singular: clanger
plural: clangers
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