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Get to know Clanger better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like blunder or boner.

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Clanger in a sentence

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Clanger | Clanging | Clang | Clangers | Clanged

Clanger meaning

  1. Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively).
  2. The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
  3. A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.

Synonyms of Clanger

blunder boner botch flub fuckup foul-up pratfall bungle bloomer blooper boo-boo

Related words

Other words often associated with Clanger or its synonyms:

error mistake fault bumble bodge fumbler spill butcher sin fall blunderer botcher

Using Clanger

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.
  • Useful related words include: blunder, boner, botch, flub.
  • In the example corpus, clanger often appears in combinations such as: small clanger, clanger is, major clanger.

Context around Clanger

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 4 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

small 4× major 2× tiny 2× shot 1× pink 1× word 1×

Often after:

retrieves 1× intervenes 1× find 1× peeks 1×

Sentence patterns with Clanger

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

5 shot clanger in the 1× a pink clanger as a 1× after that clanger the real 1× find tiny clanger within 1× for the clanger 1× helped small clanger find his 1× rocks small clanger peeks out 1× small clanger is very 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

daniel postgate son 1× mike harris team 1× narrator of the 1× small clanger is 1× small clanger retrieves 1× sure enough after 1×

Common sentence endings:

a classic example 1× against meteorite impacts 1× and a magnet 1× collected rocks into 1× eating any more 1× for princess charlotte 1×

Words around Clanger

Just before it in the word index:

clanged 6 clang 11 clanfield 5 clane 3 clandon 3 clandestinely 42

Just after it in the word index:

clangers 11 clanging 22 clank 19 clanked 7 clanking 11 clanks 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 18 abai 18 abass 18 abatements 18 abdulfatah 18 abebe 18

Corpus analysis for Clanger

  • In this selection, "clanger" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, small, major, tiny, retrieves, intervenes and find stand out and add context to how "clanger" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 5 shot clanger in the and a pink clanger as a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "clanger" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with clanger

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Small Clanger retrieves him with a fishing rod and a magnet. (11 words)

Daniel Postgate, son of show creator Oliver, gave William a pink Clanger as a gift for Princess Charlotte. (18 words)

Narrator of the 2015 series, Michael Palin has said that Major Clanger is one of his favourite characters. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

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. (44 words)

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. (40 words)

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. (36 words)

Example sentences (13)

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.

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.

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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.

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Common combinations with clanger

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "clanger" in a sentence?
An example: "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." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "clanger" from authentic English texts.
What does "clanger" mean?
Clanger means: Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively).
What are synonyms of "clanger"?
Common synonyms of "clanger" include: blunder, boner, botch, flub, fuckup, foul-up, pratfall, bungle. Plus 3 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "clanger" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "clanger", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.