1. Plural of flanger; devices or workers that attach or operate flanges on pipes, wheels, or other equipment.
Usage: technical; industrial
2. Plural of flanger; audio effects units or software that create a sweeping, jet-like sound by combining two identical signals with a slight time delay.
Usage: music production; audio engineering

Examples

• The factory employed several flangers to install flanges on the industrial piping.
• Modern recording studios use digital flangers to create distinctive sound effects.
• The guitarist used flangers to add texture to the synthesizer track.
• Flangers are essential tools in the manufacturing of pressure vessels.
• The audio engineer adjusted the flangers to produce that classic 1970s rock sound.