"clabber" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈklæb.ə(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -æbə(ɹ) Etymology: Shortening of bonny clabber, from Irish bainne clábar (“mud, thick milk for churning”) or a Scots Gaelic cognate thereof; the latter is probably related to láib (“dirt, mud, filth”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|bonny clabber}} bonny clabber, {{der|en|ga|bainne}} Irish bainne, {{m|ga|clábar||mud, thick milk for churning}} clábar (“mud, thick milk for churning”), {{m|ga|láib|t=dirt, mud, filth}} láib (“dirt, mud, filth”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} clabber (uncountable)
  1. Sour or curdled milk. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-clabber-en-noun-sEM2qUuP
  2. Wet clay or mud. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-clabber-en-noun-Lase3ziT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 54 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clauber Related terms: bonnyclabber

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈklæb.ə(ɹ)/ Forms: clabbers [present, singular, third-person], clabbering [participle, present], clabbered [participle, past], clabbered [past]
Rhymes: -æbə(ɹ) Etymology: Shortening of bonny clabber, from Irish bainne clábar (“mud, thick milk for churning”) or a Scots Gaelic cognate thereof; the latter is probably related to láib (“dirt, mud, filth”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|bonny clabber}} bonny clabber, {{der|en|ga|bainne}} Irish bainne, {{m|ga|clábar||mud, thick milk for churning}} clábar (“mud, thick milk for churning”), {{m|ga|láib|t=dirt, mud, filth}} láib (“dirt, mud, filth”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} clabber (third-person singular simple present clabbers, present participle clabbering, simple past and past participle clabbered)
  1. To sour or curdle.
    Sense id: en-clabber-en-verb-TC4KZf~v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clauber

Inflected forms

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