"clocky" meaning in English

See clocky in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: clockier [comparative], clockiest [superlative]
Etymology: From clock (“to identify someone as being transgender”) + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|clock|-y|t1=to identify someone as being transgender}} clock (“to identify someone as being transgender”) + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|clockier}} clocky (comparative clockier, superlative clockiest)
  1. (transgender slang) Clearly identifiable as transgender; capable of being easily clocked; not passing. Synonyms: clockable Translations (Translations): clocky (French)
    Sense id: en-clocky-en-adj-it~o-q8P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y

Inflected forms

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