"clatch" meaning in All languages combined

See clatch on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: clatches [plural]
Etymology: Compare Scots clatch (“a slap, the noise caused by the collision of soft bodies”); probably of imitative origin. Etymology templates: {{cog|sco|clatch||a slap, the noise caused by the collision of soft bodies}} Scots clatch (“a slap, the noise caused by the collision of soft bodies”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} clatch (plural clatches)
  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A soft or sloppy lump or mass. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal Categories (topical): Female people
    Sense id: en-clatch-en-noun-jJvJ-ZKZ Disambiguation of Female people: 36 16 17 4 27 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 18 20 22 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 19 19 21 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 18 21 23 21
  2. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Anything put together or made in a careless or slipshod way. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-clatch-en-noun-agDS5RkN Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 18 20 22 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 19 19 21 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 18 21 23 21
  3. (UK, Scotland, dialect, by extension) A sluttish or slipshod woman. Tags: Scotland, UK, broadly, dialectal
    Sense id: en-clatch-en-noun-V61Eqp2D Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 18 20 22 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 19 19 21 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 18 21 23 21
  4. (UK, Scotland, dialect, historical) A kind of gig. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, historical
    Sense id: en-clatch-en-noun-HUv0TGHT Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 18 20 22 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 19 19 21 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 18 21 23 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clatchy

Verb [English]

Forms: clatches [present, singular, third-person], clatching [participle, present], clatched [participle, past], clatched [past]
Etymology: Compare Scots clatch (“a slap, the noise caused by the collision of soft bodies”); probably of imitative origin. Etymology templates: {{cog|sco|clatch||a slap, the noise caused by the collision of soft bodies}} Scots clatch (“a slap, the noise caused by the collision of soft bodies”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} clatch (third-person singular simple present clatches, present participle clatching, simple past and past participle clatched)
  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect, transitive, intransitive) To daub or smear, as with lime; to make or finish in a slipshod way. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-clatch-en-verb-XbV6dyj2 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 18 20 22 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 19 19 21 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 18 21 23 21

Inflected forms

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