1. A fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood, coal or charcoal fire
   "The fireplace was full of black clinkers";
   - cinder
    
2. A hard brick used as a paving stone
   "The pathway was laid with durable clinker bricks";
   - clinker brick
    
3. [N. Amer, informal] A complete failure
   "the play was a dismal clinker";
   - flop [informal], bust [informal], fizzle, epic fail [informal], dud, washout, clunker [N. Amer, informal]
    
4. [N. Amer, informal] A product or production of poor quality
   "That movie was pure clinker";
   - trash, junk [informal]

1. Turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning
   "The coal clinkered in the furnace"
    
2. Clear out the cinders and clinker from
   "we clinkered the fire frequently"

Derived forms: clinkered, clinkering, clinkers

Type of: brick, change, clean out, clear out, failure, fragment, loser, no-hoper [informal], nonstarter, unsuccessful person

Encyclopedia: Clinker