clinker
1 Americannoun
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any mistake or error.
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something that is a failure; a product of inferior quality.
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a wrong note in a musical performance.
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British. someone or something wonderful or exceedingly well-liked.
noun
noun
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a mass of incombustible matter fused together, as in the burning of coal.
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a hard Dutch brick, used especially for paving.
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a partially vitrified mass of brick.
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the scale of oxide formed on iron during forging.
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Geology. a mass of vitrified material ejected from a volcano.
verb (used without object)
noun
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the ash and partially fused residues from a coal-fired furnace or fire
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Also called: clinker brick. a hard brick used as a paving stone
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a partially vitrified brick or mass of brick
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slang something of poor quality, such as a film
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slang a mistake or fault, esp a wrong note in music
verb
Other Word Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have clinkeredperfect
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has clinkeredperfect 3rd person singular
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are clinkeringprogressive
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am clinkeringprogressive 1st person singular
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is clinkeringprogressive 3rd person singular
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have been clinkeringperfect progressive
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has been clinkeringperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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clinkeringparticiple
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clinkerssingular 3rd person
Past
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had clinkeredperfect
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were clinkeringprogressive plural
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had been clinkeringperfect progressive
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was clinkeringprogressive singular
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clinkeredparticiple
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clinkeredsimple
Future
Etymology
Origin of clinker1
First recorded in 1830–40; special use of clinker 2
Origin of clinker2
First recorded in 1680–90; clink 1 + -er 1
Origin of clinker3
First recorded in 1635–45; from Dutch klinker (formerly klinkaerd ) “slag”; also a kind of brick, derivative of klinken, clinken “to clink” (from the sound the material makes when struck)
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
