clabber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Sour or curdled milk.
  2. Wet clay or mud.
verb
  1. To sour or curdle.

Pronunciation

/ˈklæb.ə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clabber.wav

Word forms

clabber clauber clabbers clabbering clabbered

Etymology

Shortening of bonny clabber, from Irish bainne clábar (“mud, thick milk for churning”) or a Scots Gaelic cognate thereof; the latter is probably related to láib (“dirt, mud, filth”).

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