clanger
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8.5
- noun
- /ˈklæŋər/
- UK
:
metedura de pata
- She made a clanger during her presentation when she mispronounced the client's name.
Examples
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In the clanger.
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And now, NPR has a stream of the elemental 10-minute clanger "Mother of the World."
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There was an absolute clanger along these lines put out recently by the EU.
Blog text (18) -
Have you seen "Oh What A Clanger" at the Regal yet?
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Chamberlain, the man who gave "appeasement" a bad name, was, except for that major clanger, not an incompetent politician and not a terrible leader.
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His decision to invest in that failing company was a real clanger that shocked everyone.
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Forgetting to submit the report on time was a big clanger that could cost him the promotion.
Synonyms
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3.5
A small mistake that causes embarrassment
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3.0
A careless mistake that causes embarrassment or problems
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5.3
A small wrong action that causes embarrassment or harm to people's trust
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6.1
A careless mistake that causes problems or embarrassment
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3.4
A small mistake that is often embarrassing
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7.7
An embarrassing mistake made when someone is careless or nervous
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6.5
A careless mistake that shows a lack of skill
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7.6
An embarrassing mistake that happens because of bad or careless work
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7.2
An obvious embarrassing mistake that makes people laugh
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8.7
An embarrassing mistake someone makes in public
A small mistake that causes embarrassment or trouble
Antonyms
How Embarrassing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word clanger probably comes from the sound word clang, which means 'a loud metal noise', so you can think of a clanger as a mistake that makes a loud, embarrassing sound everyone notices.