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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate;
- Example: "he dropped a clanger"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

clanger \clanger\ n. A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; as, he dropped a clanger. [British] [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

clanger n 1: a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger"