clanger

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Something that clangs; an alarm bell.
2. noun The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
3. noun A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.

   In his speech, the best man got the bride's name wrong. What a clanger!

4. noun A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. noun Short for Bedfordshire clanger.

Similar words

clanging clapper clam clanker jangle clinker clanking clattering bong clatter

Often followed by

of to that and in is from was for

Word family

clangers