CLATCH

Etymology

Noun

clatch (plural clatches)

(UK, Scotland, dialect) A soft or sloppy lump or mass.

(UK, Scotland, dialect) Anything put together or made in a careless or slipshod way.

(UK, Scotland, dialect, by extension) A sluttish or slipshod woman.

(UK, Scotland, dialect, historical) A kind of gig.

Verb

clatch (third-person singular simple present clatches, present participle clatching, simple past and past participle clatched)

(UK, Scotland, dialect, ambitransitive) To daub or smear, as with lime; to make or finish in a slipshod way.

Source: Wiktionary


Clatch, n. [Cf. Scot. clatch a slap, the noise caused by the collision of soft bodies; prob. of imitative origin.] (Scot. & Dial. Eng.)

1. A soft or sloppy lump or mass; as, to throw a clatch of mud.

2. Anything put together or made in a careless or slipshod way; hence, a sluttish or slipshod woman.

Clatch, v. t. & i.

Definition: To daub or smear, as with lime; to make or finish in a slipshod way. [Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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