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noun
Something that clangs; an alarm bell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, figuratively
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noun
The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
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noun
A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal
Qualifier: often in the phrase drop a clanger
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noun
A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
Qualifier: Australian rules football
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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.
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noun
A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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noun
Short for Bedfordshire clanger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
History
Etymology tree English clang Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English clanger From clang (“loud ringing sound”) + -er.
Shortening of Bedfordshire clanger.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
