Clanger

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  clanger \clanger\ n.
     A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; as,
     he dropped a clanger. [British]
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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