"clat" meaning in English

See clat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /klæt/ Forms: clats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: Compare Danish klat. Etymology templates: {{cog|da|klat}} Danish klat Head templates: {{en-noun}} clat (plural clats)
  1. A clod of earth
    Sense id: en-clat-en-noun-R1C~lv~6
  2. (UK, regional) irksome task Tags: UK, regional
    Sense id: en-clat-en-noun-IDuw7Ia~ Categories (other): British English, Regional English

Verb

IPA: /klæt/ Forms: clats [present, singular, third-person], clatting [participle, present], clatted [participle, past], clatted [past]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: Compare Danish klat. Etymology templates: {{cog|da|klat}} Danish klat Head templates: {{en-verb}} clat (third-person singular simple present clats, present participle clatting, simple past and past participle clatted)
  1. To dirty
    Sense id: en-clat-en-verb-jD3VgaXN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 34 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 13 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 12 82 Synonyms: beclart, soil, stain, assoil [obsolete], beclart [UK, dialectal], bedaub [obsolete], bedirty, bedizen [UK, dialectal], befile [obsolete], befilth [rare], befoul, begrime, beray [archaic, obsolete], beshit [figuratively, vulgar], besmear, besmirch, besully, bewray [archaic, obsolete], blacken, blot, blur [obsolete], clat, contaminate, darken, defile, dirten [Uganda], dirty, elt [Northern-England, Scotland], file [archaic], foil [obsolete], foul, gunk, gunk up, inquinate, scunge, sling mud, slotter, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, soss [UK, dialectal], sowl [obsolete], spot, stain, sullow, sully, tarnish, uggle [UK, dialectal, obsolete]

Inflected forms

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          "word": "befile"
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          "word": "befilth"
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        {
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          "word": "befoul"
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          "word": "begrime"
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          "word": "beray"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
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          "word": "defile"
        },
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          "word": "gunk"
        },
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          "word": "gunk up"
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          "word": "inquinate"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "word": "scunge"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "word": "sling mud"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "word": "slotter"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "word": "slur"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "word": "smear"
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          "word": "smirch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "word": "smudge"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
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          "word": "soil"
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "word": "spot"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "word": "stain"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "word": "sullow"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "word": "sully"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "word": "tarnish"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "tags": [
            "UK",
            "dialectal",
            "obsolete"
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    },
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}
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          "word": "befilth"
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          "word": "befoul"
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          "word": "begrime"
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          "word": "besmear"
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          "word": "besmirch"
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          "word": "besully"
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          "word": "blacken"
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          "word": "blot"
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          "word": "clat"
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          "word": "contaminate"
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        {
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          "word": "darken"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "word": "defile"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dirten"
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        {
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          "word": "dirty"
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        {
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "elt"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "file"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "foil"
        },
        {
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          "word": "foul"
        },
        {
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          "word": "gunk"
        },
        {
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          "word": "gunk up"
        },
        {
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          "word": "inquinate"
        },
        {
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          "word": "scunge"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "word": "sling mud"
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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          "word": "sully"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dirty",
          "word": "tarnish"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
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            "dialectal",
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}

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