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

• clyfaker
• clyfaking
• frisk someone's cly

Anagrams

• LyC, Lyc, YCL, cyl.

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

Borrowed from English cry.

Verb

cly

1. to cry, be sad

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /klɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kliː/

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.