clanger

Meaning

Noun

• Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively).
• The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
• A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
• A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".
• 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.
• A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis (species), of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins.

Related

Similar words

• blooper, blunder, boo-boo, faux pas, gaffe, pratfall

Origin

• From clang + -er.
• Shortening of Bedfordshire clanger.