"clabber up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: clabbers up [present, singular, third-person], clabbering up [participle, present], clabbered up [participle, past], clabbered up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clabber up (third-person singular simple present clabbers up, present participle clabbering up, simple past and past participle clabbered up)
  1. (intransitive) To become sour or curdled Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-clabber_up-en-verb-QVwJ-SHd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 33 27 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 34 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 34 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 34 33
  2. (intransitive, figurative) To turn sour; to become unpleasant Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-clabber_up-en-verb-8zTuuaNi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 33 27 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 34 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 34 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 34 33
  3. To look (as clouds gather, etc) like rain is imminent.
    Sense id: en-clabber_up-en-verb-ll--f8mb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 33 27 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 34 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 34 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 34 33

Inflected forms

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