clyde

[ klahyd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Slang.

Clyde

[ klahyd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic, in SW Scotland. 64 miles (103 km) long.
a male given name: a Scottish family name, after the Clyde River.

Clyde

/ klaɪd /

Firth of Clyde
Firth of Clyde an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
a river in S Scotland, rising in South Lanarkshire and flowing northwest to the Firth of Clyde: formerly extensive shipyards. Length: 170 km (106 miles)

Origin of clyde¹

Probably generic use of the personal name

They unleashed a hail of bullets to rival the final scene in ‘Bonnie and Clyde.’

It has retained a crisis public relations firm, The Clyde Group, and disputed the CIR investigation in other media.

All of them, Tuff and Kellie and Clyde and Elsie, like to take this wherever they go: He died doing what he wanted to do.

“Lane done what not many people do,” Clyde Frost said in front of his home.

“If anything got in the way of a rodeo, like a ball game, the ball game would have to wait,” Clyde Frost said.

The town is built on both sides of the Clyde, which is crossed by fine stone bridges, but seven-eighths of it lie on the north.

He and I were living “doon the watter,” at Dunoon, on the Clyde, one summer month.

As many as six of these little vessels made the Clyde their headquarters and sailed at the regattas.

Largs Regatta in 1892 will long be remembered; it was no flat racing, but real steeplechasing in the Clyde.

Soon after, in a wilder phase of Clyde weather, 'Mab' and 'Varuna' were caught by a fierce squall and laid down to it.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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