The meaning of Clanger

noun

A plant that produces flowers at a specified time.

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Fragrant night-bloomers such as nicotiana

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A serious or stupid mistake.

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He never committed a bloomer

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A large loaf with diagonal slashes on a rounded top.

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I had visions of running over to the fresh bread counter, ripping the crust off a large bloomer and…

verb

(of an electronic device) emit a short low-pitched noise.

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A fruit machine blooping in the corner

noun

A short low-pitched noise emitted by an electronic device.

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A few bleeps and bloops

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In baseball, a high, soft hit that lands on the ground between the infield (= the closest defending players) and the outfield (= the players furthest away from the hitter)

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He hit a bloop that just evaded the second baseman., a little blooper scored two runs., he blooped …

noun

An embarrassing error.

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He poked fun at his own tendency to utter bloopers

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A mistake, often amusing, made by a person in public

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A stupid or careless mistake.

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She stopped, finally aware of the terrible blunder she had made

verb

Make a stupid or careless mistake; act or speak clumsily.

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He knew he'd blundered

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A big mistake, especially one resulting from a lack of care or thought

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His failure to respond immediately to the accusations was a major political blunder., he feared he …

noun

An erection of the penis.

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A mistake, or a small cut or injury

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I did a boo-boo! i spilled coffee!

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An embarrassing mistake.

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The boob was spotted by a security expert at the show

verb

Make an embarrassing mistake.

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We found that we had boobed and the booking was for the previous week

noun

A woman's breast.

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Her tummy is trim, her legs long (for obvious reasons), her boobs big, and her butt nice and round.

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A mistake.

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Spelling errors

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A mistake, esp. in a way that can be discovered as wrong, or the making of such mistakes

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[ c ] a spelling/mathematical error, [ u ] investigators said the train crash was caused by human e…

noun

Something done or written by accident that is not correct, not accurate, or does not give the right result

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Make/introduce an error can i amend my vat return online if i've made an error?, correct/find an er…

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A person or thing that floats.

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Floaters such as semi-submersible rigs

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→  floating rate note

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An unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder.

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In my first few months at work i made some real gaffes

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An embarrassing mistake

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His failure to ask for his teacher’s advice was a major gaffe.

noun

A mistake.

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With a sense of humour, embarrassing goofs can be turned into something positive

verb

Behave in a silly way or playful way.

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They started goofing around in front of the cameras

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A very stupid or glaring mistake, especially an amusing one.

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The occasional schoolboy howler would amuse the examiners

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A stupid and obvious mistake, especially in something that someone says or writes

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I called her by the name of his first wife, which was a bit of a howler., so far in the election, n…

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A jug or large bottle that can be filled with beer, especially at a brewery (= a place where beer is made). a howler usually contains 32 fluid ounces

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Howlers are perfect if you're looking to bring home multiple draft beers but don't want a full grow…

noun

Failure to observe standards of honesty or modesty; improper behaviour or character.

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She was scandalized at the impropriety of the question

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Dishonest behavior, or a dishonest act

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[ u ] he said he regretted the appearance of impropriety and resigned., [ c ] there have been charg…

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Behaviour that is dishonest or not acceptable in a particular situation

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Accounting/financial improprieties, the company denies allegations of impropriety involving its cop…

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Behaviour or speech that is indiscreet or displays a lack of good judgement.

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He knew himself all too prone to indiscretion

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Lack of care in saying or doing things that should be kept secret, or an act or statement that shows such lack of care

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[ c ] youthful indiscretions, [ u ] this sort of indiscretion is unforgivable!

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An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgement.

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Miscalculations were made in counting properties

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The act of calculating an amount wrongly

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The claim that the group's net asset value was $22 a share was a miscalculation., miscalculation of…

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The action of forming a wrong opinion or conclusion about something.

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They apologised for the mistake and the misjudgement of staff

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An unfair or wrong opinion about someone or something

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Their decision to sell the house was a disastrous misjudgment., he is accused of making serious mis…

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An act or judgement that is misguided or wrong.

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Coming here was a mistake

verb

Be wrong about.

Usage examples:

Because i was inexperienced i mistook the nature of our relationship

noun

An action or decision that is wrong or produces a result that is not correct or not intended

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We all make mistakes., [ + to infinitive ] it was a mistake to come to this restaurant without a re…

phrasal verb

Make a careless error.

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They often slipped up when it came to spelling

phrasal verb

To make a small mistake, often as a result of not thinking carefully

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It's easy for a journalist to slip up and use somebody else's idea without crediting him or her., t…

phrasal verb

To make a mistake

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We can't afford to slip up when we're risking so much money., there is a solution for taxpayers who…

noun

A grammatical mistake in speech or writing.

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This year, it seems likely that a number of my fellow countrymen will be spending a good deal of ti…

noun

Behaviour that is a social mistake or is not polite

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To commit a social solecism, a grammatical solecism