clanger

clang·er  (klngr)

n. Chiefly British

A blunder; a faux pas.

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clanger [ˈklæŋə]

n

1. Informal a conspicuous mistake (esp in the phrase drop a clanger)

2. something that clangs or causes a clang

[from clang, referring to a mistake whose effects seem to clang]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

clanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger" blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

Translations

clanger [ˈklæŋəʳ] N (Brit) → plancha f (Sp) , metedura f or (LAm) metida f de pata
to drop a clanger → meter la pata, tirarse una plancha(Sp)

clanger [ˈklæŋə^r] n (British) to drop a clanger → faire une boulette

clanger

n (Brit inf) → Fauxpas m, → Schnitzer m (inf); to drop a clanger → ins Fettnäpfchen treten (inf)

clanger [ˈklæŋəʳ] n (Brit) (fam) → gaffe f inv
to drop a clanger → fare una gaffe