clanger

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Something that clangs

   Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively).

   • The front and patio doors are bugged. When you open one a contact breaks and off goes the clanger.
   • The conversation was hard-going; we didn't click at all, but then he dropped the clanger: Beazley has done a lunch with Maxine McKew and ‘It will be read as he wants to come back. Our people want to go big with it.’
2. 2

   The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a…

   The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.

   • I dismounted and walked over to Pelleas. “You may remember me, my Lord,” I said. “You once made me a knife from a bell clanger. I am Morgan, Queen of Galloway.”
   • The clanger was made out of the same material, and attached to a chain at one end. The idea was to stick the clanger in the opening of the triangle and start circulating, whacking the triangle on all three sides as fast as you could.
   • He showed me where to pull the clanger, and I pulled and pulled and the clanging joined the music of the bombardment.
3. 3

   A very noticeable mistake

   A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.

   • In his speech, the best man got the bride's name wrong. What a clanger!
   • He dropped a real clanger when he criticized the paraplegic for not standing.
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   1. 4

      A mistake made by a player

      A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".

      • Geelong could not get their running game going and lapsed into clanger after clanger.
   2. 5

      An early hi-hat consisting of cymbals mounted on the rim of a bass drum and struck with…

      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.

   3. 6

      A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body…

      A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins.

   4. 7

      Short for Bedfordshire clanger.

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