cly
See also: Cly
English
editEtymology
editProbably related to claw; referred by some to Dutch kleed (“a garment”); "to fake a cly" was to take a garment.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -aɪ
Verb
editcly (third-person singular simple present clies, present participle clying, simple past and past participle clied)
- (slang, obsolete, transitive) To seize; to steal.
Noun
editcly (plural clies)
Derived terms
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editcly
Welsh
editPronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /klɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kliː/
Verb
editcly
Mutation
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