clanger

clang·er

noun \ˈklaŋ-ər\

Definition of CLANGER

British

: a conspicuous blunder —often used in the phrase drop a clanger

Examples of CLANGER

1. They lost the game after a defensive clanger.
2. <a newsreader who memorably dropped a clanger when she referred to Robert Burns as an English poet>

First Known Use of CLANGER

1948

Related to CLANGER

Synonyms: blunder, bobble, boob [British], boo-boo, brick, error [British], clinker, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip

Related Words: bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfall; foul-up, snafu; misapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, miscue, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding

Near Antonyms: accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictness; inerrancy, infallibility, perfection

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Rhymes with CLANGER

banger, clangor, ganger, hangar, hanger, Langer, twanger