clyde
noun
a stupid, inept, or boorish person.
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clyde
1 American
[klahyd]
/ klaɪd /
noun
Slang.
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(sometimes initial capital letter) a stupid, inept, or boorish person.
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the brain or mind.
Clyde
2
American
[klahyd]
/ klaɪd /
noun
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a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
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Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic, in SW Scotland. 64 miles (103 km) long.
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a male given name: a Scottish family name, after the Clyde River.
Clyde
British
/ klaɪd /
noun
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an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
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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)
Etymology
Origin of clyde
Probably generic use of the personal name
Example Sentences
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Why should anyone care more about what an actor thinks about the Knicks than, say, Clyde Frazier?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
Rushmore, whether it should be next to Clyde Frazier, after Patrick Ewing’s, or somewhere else.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Primm Valley, Whiskey Pete’s and Buffalo Bill’s all hosted at one time the famed Bonnie and Clyde V-8 Ford riddled with more than 100 bullets in 1934.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Like many, Huw got his first dog - a black Labrador named Clyde - in lockdown, and describes him as a "symbol of home" that also became the symbol of his business.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
It had been two days since they’d seen those kids take the book, and Barry and Clyde were still hanging around the plaza across from the Ferry Building.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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