clanker

English

Etymology

clank +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

clanker (plural clankers)

Something that makes a clanking noise.
- 2007 September 9, Jennifer Dunning, “Choreographic Evidence That Laughing Matters”, in New York Times‎:
  The robots, designed by Kenjiro Okazaki, are cardboard tubes rather than the usual metal clankers.
(slang) A fib.
Stop telling clankers!

Translations

one that clanks

Finnish: kolistaja (fi)

fib — see fib

Anagrams

Lackner, crankle

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