clanger vs mistake

clanger

noun
  • A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas. 

  • 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 cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins. 

  • A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against". 

  • 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. 

mistake

noun
  • An error; a blunder. 

  • A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place. 

verb
  • To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another. 

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