clangers

Noun

clanger (plural clangers)

1. (also, figuratively) Something that clangs; an alarm bell.
   • The front and patio doors are bugged. When you open one a contact breaks and off goes the clanger.1972, The Saturday review, Volume 55, Part 2, page 21
2. The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
   • I dismounted and walked over to Pelleas. “You may remember me, my Lord,” I said. “You once made me a knife from a bell clanger. I am Morgan, Queen of Galloway.”1994, Courtway Jones, Witch of the North, page 254
3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal, often in the phrase drop a clanger) A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
   • In his speech, the best man got the bride's name wrong. What a clanger!

   Synonyms:

   blooper, blunder, boo-boo, faux pas, gaffe, pratfall

4. (Australia, Australian rules football) A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".
   • Geelong could not get their running game going and lapsed into clanger after clanger.2006, Jim Main, Rohan Connolly, More Than a Century of AFL Grand Finals, page 202
5. An early hi-hat consisting of cymbals mounted on the rim of a bass drum and struck with an arm on the drum's pedal.
6. (Australia) A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins.