clanker

clanker

English

Etymology

clank +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

clanker (plural clankers)

1. 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.

2. (slang) A fib.

   Stop telling clankers!

Translations

one that clanks

Finnish: kolistaja (fi)

fib — see fib

Anagrams

• Lackner, crankle