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• clyde
  clyde

  noun

  a stupid, inept, or boorish person.
• Clyde
  Clyde

  noun

  a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.

clyde

¹ American  

[klahyd] / klaɪd /

noun

Slang.

1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a stupid, inept, or boorish person.

2. the brain or mind.

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Clyde ² American  

[klahyd] / klaɪd /

noun

1. a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.

2. Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic, in SW Scotland. 64 miles (103 km) long.

3. a male given name: a Scottish family name, after the Clyde River.

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Clyde British  

/ klaɪd /

noun

1. an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)

2. 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)

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Etymology

Origin of clyde

Probably generic use of the personal name

Example Sentences

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Clyde

"I was diving in the Clyde and one of the instructors had to pull me out of the way of the tentacles as it was wafting above me," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 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

"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

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

Clyde had the look of a cat narrowing in on his prey.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman