[
UK
/klˈæŋɡɐ/
]
NOUN
-
a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
he dropped a clanger
How To Use clanger In A Sentence
- I can't help noticing the occasional clanger in war films.
- The only clanger was the crackling, one half of which was flabby and inedible. Lancaster's 10 best budget restaurants, pubs and cafes
- Oops, Business minister Baroness Vadera seems to have dropped a clanger - the BBC are reporting that "Baroness Vadera was asked when the UK could expect to see some" green shoots "and replied:" It's a very uncertain world right now globally ... "a few green shoots"
- I can't help noticing the occasional clanger in war films.
- Robertson has strong ideas about where he wants to be artistically, but admits to some clangers in his 13-year career.
- The chairman of the independent community group, said: ‘I think they've dropped a clanger.’
- On top of his last Parliamentary committee appearance, where among other infelicitous comments, Griffin said that he didn't understand his organisation's budget, he has since dropped a clanger on his relationship with the Government.
- 1. Spock watching destruction of Vulcan = Leia at the destruction of Alderaan 2. Scotty's Ewok-like friend, who I am informed is called a "clanger" in the SW-verse. Archive 2009-05-01
- I am not an apologist for him - he did commit an enormous clanger in a very public way at the game - but all the time he has been open and accessible to his questioners.
- he dropped a clanger