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Clanger meaning
Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively). | The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound. | A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
Example sentences (14)
Mike Harris’ team won nine ends including five doubles, but they did drop a 5 shot clanger in the front half, to give up the lead, and they could never quite recover from there.
ANOTHER DAY, another defensive clanger, another defeat for Vincent Kompany and the side bleeding itself dry of Claret.
Daniel Postgate, son of show creator Oliver, gave William a pink Clanger as a gift for Princess Charlotte.
To make matters worse, the German stopper also took out his team-mate, Pedro Rebocho, in the process, who would have been able to cover for the clanger.
Sure enough, after that clanger, the real David De Gea soon stood up, making two brilliant saves from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the space of a few minutes and then late on from Lucas Torreira to preserve United’s point.
Narrator of the 2015 series, Michael Palin has said that Major Clanger is one of his favourite characters.
Small Clanger is very inquisitive and inventive which despite his best intentions has sometimes led to some element of chaos amongst the Clangers, the soup pump being a classic example.
Small Clanger retrieves him with a fishing rod and a magnet.
The astronaut turns to find his basket gone and begins to look for it, he searches the surface until he lifts the lid of one of the holes only to find Tiny Clanger within.
The word "Clanger" is said to derive from the sound made by opening the metal cover of one of the creatures' crater-like burrows, each of which was covered with a door made from an old metal dustbin lid, to protect against meteorite impacts.
They all observed the rover staying just out of its sight then when it began to dig and seemingly eat some of the surface Major Clanger intervenes and stops it from eating any more.
They also helped Small Clanger find his way out of the flower caves when he followed them to find out where they got the Glow Honey from.
Tiny Clanger called the Iron Chicken by radio, for advice, and she told Tiny to get the egg that she had left on the surface of the planet and to fill it with ingredients.
Upon landing, the Clangers observe his movements and discover that he is digging up rocks, Small Clanger peeks out of a hole and takes the wicker basket he is (rather humorously) placing the collected rocks into.