clyde
noun
a stupid, inept, or boorish person.
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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The Scottish leg of the relay was launched on 1 July when swimmer Duncan Scott sailed up the River Clyde on a power boat.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Chase finished his career at Columbia, where he continued to make his own shorts as well as work with now-neglected players such as Andy Clyde and Edgar Kennedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Until recently, the Scottish government would refuse to hand over public money to support munitions manufacture, prompting a warning that plans for a specialist submarine welding centre on the Clyde might be scuppered.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
"We have everybody from Walt Clyde Frazier from the old team to the new team, the Knicks City Dancers, there's like five marching bands," he told local media.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
In an internal memo, Clyde Tolson, the associate director of the bureau, who had become Hoover’s longtime companion, spawning rumors that they were romantically involved, said, “We should furnish only limited, routine material, if any.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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