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CLANGER

Dictionary entry overview: What does clanger mean?

• CLANGER (noun)
The noun CLANGER has 1 sense:

1. a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate

Familiarity information: CLANGER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLANGER (noun)

Sense 1

clanger ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

he dropped a clanger

Hypernyms ("clanger" is a kind of...):

bloomer; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; flub; foul-up; fuckup; pratfall (an embarrassing mistake)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

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