clanger
/ˈklaŋə
/noun British informal
An absurd or embarrassing blunder: the minister had dropped a massive political clanger...
- In an embarrassing clanger, it seems they massively misjudged the scale of the fine they would receive.
- She said: ‘This is a basic error and a real clanger.’
- Let's look at the clangers the Council has dropped.
Rhymes
- Strümpell–Marie
- Sts
- St Sophia
- St Stephen
- St Stephens
- St Stephen's Day
- St Swithin's day
- St Thomas
- St Trinian's
- St-Tropez
- Stuart
- Stuart, Charles Edward
- Stuart, Gilbert Charles
- Stuart, James
- Stuart, Jeb
- Stuart, John
- Stuart, John McDouall
- Stuart, Mary
- stub
- stub axle
- stubbily
- stubbiness
- stubble
- stubbled
- stubbly