cly

See also: Cly

English

Etymology

Probably related to claw; referred by some to Dutch kleed (“a garment”); "to fake a cly" was to take a garment.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Verb

cly (third-person singular simple present clies, present participle clying, simple past and past participle clied)

  1. (slang, obsolete, transitive) To seize; to steal.

Noun

cly (plural clies)

  1. (slang, obsolete) A person's pocket.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

Borrowed from English cry.

Verb

cly

  1. to cry, be sad

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

cly

  1. Obsolete form of clo (“(s/he) locks, closes”).

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cly gly nghly chly
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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