cloit

English

Verb

cloit (third-person singular simple present cloits, present participle cloiting, simple past and past participle cloited)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To fall heavily
    • James Kennedy, The Droukit Pedlar
      Dazed was he, an’ fairly doitit,
      Kack’d wi’ anguish o’ despair,
      Sprauchled up, then owre he cloited,
      Cowpit catmaw doun the stair.

Synonyms

Anagrams

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • cloet (colloquial)
  • closet (colloquial)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /klɔi̯t/

Verb

cloit

  1. (literary) second-person singular imperfect/conditional of cloi

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cloit gloit nghloit chloit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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