"clanker" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-clanker.ogg [Australia] Forms: clankers [plural]
Etymology: clank + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|clank|er|id2=agent noun}} clank + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} clanker (plural clankers)
  1. Something that makes a clanking noise.
    Sense id: en-clanker-en-noun-8Wx5qQre
  2. (slang) A fib. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-clanker-en-noun-N2LDtPIG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (one that clanks): kolistaja (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'one that clanks': 50 50

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for clanker meaning in English (1.7kB)

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