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[ UK /klˈæŋɡɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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
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