CLANGER

clanger

Noun

  1. A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
    He dropped a real clanger when he criticized the paraplegic for not standing.
  2. A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".
  3. Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively).
  4. The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
  5. 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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