English Explanatory Dictionary

Clydesdale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The valley of the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS91).
  2. A former district of Strathclyde, Scotland, renamed from Lanark in 1980, and abolished in 1996 along with the region.
  3. A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  4. A town in Harry Gwala District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
  5. A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  6. A rural locality in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.
noun
  1. A particularly large and powerful breed of rare draft horse.
  2. A heavier than usual athlete (Over 200 lbs for men, over 145 lbs for women)
  3. A very morbidly obese person.

Pronunciation

/ˈklaɪdzdeɪl/ En-au-Clydesdale.ogg

Word forms

Clydesdale Clydesdales

Etymology

From Clyde + -s- + dale. The horses were so named because they were bred in the valley of the Clyde in Scotland.

Synonyms

All are derogatory unless otherwise labeled butterball chubbs chubster chunker chunky monkey elephant fat fatfuck fatso fattie fatty fatty bom bom fatty boombalatty fat-ass fatass fat fuck fatshit fussock gorbelly hambeast hamplanet heffalump landwhale lardass lardbucket lardo oinker obeast pig podge porker pudge roly-poly salad dodger swagbelly thunder thighs tubbalard tubba lard tubbo tub of guts tub of lard whale

Derived words

Clydesdale terrier
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