Home › Words › F › flangerflanger/ˈflæn.dʒə(ɹ)/flanger means an electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound.flanger is pronounced /ˈflæn.dʒə(ɹ)/.EtymologyFrom flange + -er.nounAn electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound.A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).