clanger

Other forms: clangers

Definitions of clanger
  1. noun
    a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
    “he dropped a clanger”
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    type of:
    bloomer, blooper, blunder, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall
    an embarrassing mistake
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