clanger
/ˈklæŋ.ə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something that clangs; an alarm bell.
noun
The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
noun
A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".
Australian usage
noun
An early hi-hat consisting of cymbals mounted on the rim of a bass drum and struck with an arm on the drum's pedal.
noun
A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins.
Australian usage
Example Sentences
- "The front and patio doors are bugged. When you open one a contact breaks and off goes the clanger."
- "The conversation was hard-going; we didn't click at all, but then he dropped the clanger: Beazley has done a lunch with Maxine McKew and ‘It will be read as he wants to come back. Our people want to go big with it.’"
- "Anyway, this clanger sounds. We put out our smokes, shoulder our packs, put on our helmets. The drill was that you turned around and handed your rifle to the guy behind you who then attached it to your pack while you attached the rifle of the guy in front of you to his pack."
- "I dismounted and walked over to Pelleas. “You may remember me, my Lord,” I said. “You once made me a knife from a bell clanger. I am Morgan, Queen of Galloway.”"
- "The clanger was made out of the same material, and attached to a chain at one end. The idea was to stick the clanger in the opening of the triangle and start circulating, whacking the triangle on all three sides as fast as you could."
- "He showed me where to pull the clanger, and I pulled and pulled and the clanging joined the music of the bombardment."
Etymology
Etymology tree English clang Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English clanger From clang (“loud ringing sound”) + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈklæŋ.ə(ɹ)/
Usage
- British usage
- Informal
- Australian usage