clanger

2 definitions found

clanger - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  clanger \clanger\ n.
     A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; as,
     he dropped a clanger. [British]
     [WordNet 1.5]

clanger - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  clanger
      n 1: a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate;
           "he dropped a clanger"