What is the meaning of CLANG. Phrases containing CLANG
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Clanger is British slang for a glaring mistake.
To walk, especially walk slowly
Clang is British slang for to commit a gaffe, make a mistake.
Penny banger is London Cockney rhyming slang for a faux pas (clanger).
Drop a clanger is British slang for to make a mistake, particulary a faux pas.
Coat hanger is London Cockney rhyming slang for an old car (banger). Coat hanger is London Cockney rhyming slang for a sausage (banger). Coat hanger is London Cockney rhyming slang for clanger.
When I asked a large lady on the tube if she would like my seat since she was so obviously pregnant, she took the seat then told me she was fat, not pregnant! Boy did I drop a clanger. You might make a gaffe. Either way it was horrendously embarrassing, especially as half the people on the tube had heard me!
When I asked a large lady on the tube if she would like my seat since she was so obviously pregnant, she took the seat then told me she was fat, not pregnant! Boy did I drop a clanger. You might make a gaffe. Either way it was horrendously embarrassing, especially as half the people on the tube had heard me!
big lie ‘He dropped a clanger’
Clanger (mistake). He dropped a coat. A clanger is when you really put your foot in it.
Vrb phrs. To make an obvious mistake. E.g."The government dropped a clanger by ignoring the wishes of the populace and going to war."
Noun. A mistake or blunder. Cf. 'drop a clanger'.
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n.
A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
n.
Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.
n.
A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common.
n.
A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together.
v. i.
To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.
n.
To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries.
n.
The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.
n.
A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.
a.
Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound.
imp. & p. p.
of Clang
v. t. & i.
To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
v. t.
To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound.
v. t.
A sharp, harsh, ringing sound.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Clang
v. i.
To give out a clang; to resound.
n.
Quality of tone.
a.
Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound.
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