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CLANGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
Example:
he dropped a clanger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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; 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; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Derivation:
clang (make a loud noise)
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