Clanger

Definitions

1. Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively).
2. Short for Bedfordshire clanger.
   abbreviation, alt-of
3. The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
4. A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal
5. A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".
   Australia
6. 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.
7. A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins.
   Australia

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Examples

“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.’”

“Anyway, this clanger sounds. We put⟳ out our smokes, shoulder our packs, put⟳ on our helmets. The drill was that you turned around and handed your rifle to the guy behind you who then attached it to your pack⟳ while you attached the rifle of the guy in front of you to his pack⟳.”

“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.”

“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.”

“When a woman heckler at Rayleigh shouted, “No more clangers!” Brown proudly rejoined: “Now listen⟳, dear. My latest clanger was to say⟳ that people should be allowed to buy⟳ houses at lower rates of interest⟳ than you can get⟳ them for at the moment. I stand⟳ by that.””

“Furthermore if a person drops even a little clanger not only will he know⟳ but the others will know⟳ and the offender will certainly know⟳ that they know⟳!”

“‘I say⟳,’ he added, changing the subject completely and leaning closer, ‘sorry to hear⟳ about that Riding-Hood debacle. Don′t let⟳ it get⟳ you down, eh? We all drop a serious clanger sooner or later.’”

“Geelong could not get⟳ their running game going and lapsed into clanger after clanger.”

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