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claucht

[ klawkht, klahkht ]
/ klɔxt, klɑxt /

verb

a simple past tense of cleek.

Nearby words

  1. clastothrix,
  2. clat,
  3. clathrate,
  4. clathrin,
  5. clatter,
  6. claude,
  7. claude lorrain,
  8. claudel,
  9. claudel, paul,
  10. claudette

cleek

[ kleek ]
/ klik /

noun

Chiefly Scot. a large hook, especially one fixed to the inside walls of a house to hold clothing, pots, or food.
Golf Older Use. a club with an iron head, a narrow face, and little slope, used for shots from a poor lie on the fairway and sometimes for putting.

verb (used with object), claught or cleeked or claucht, cleeked, cleek·ing.

Chiefly Scot. to grasp or seize (something) suddenly and eagerly; snatch.

Origin of cleek

1350–1400; Middle English (Scots) cleke hook, derivative of cleke to take hold of, variant of cleche, akin to clutch1
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British Dictionary definitions for claucht

cleek

cleik

/ (kliːk) /

noun

mainly Scot a large hook, such as one used to land fish
golf a former name for a club, corresponding to the modern No. 1 or No. 2 iron, used for long low shots

Word Origin for cleek

C15: of uncertain origin
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