clanger

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English - English
A mistake made by a player, counted in the game statistics; the official description is "errors including frees against"
a very visible mistake (with reverberating consequences); an attention-getting faux pas; a jarring error

He dropped a real clanger when he criticized the paraplegic for not standing.

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
a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger"
You can refer to something stupid or embarrassing that someone does or says as a clanger. If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing. a silly or embarrassing mistake
a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger
{i} blunder, blooper
Bedfordshire clanger
A dish originating from the English county Bedfordshire, an elongated suet pudding with meat in one side and jam in the other
clangers
plural of clanger
drop a clanger
(Slang) err, make a mistake
clanger
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