Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clampy

/ˈklæmpi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: clampy
IPA: /ˈklæmpi/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a clamp; clamp-like.

adj

unwieldy, clumsy, hard to wield or control (of hands) through the clamping of muscles.

Example Sentences

"The hermit crab must somehow sqeeze, His clampy claws and knobby knees"
"She held up the little metal clampy thing and squeezed the ends together."
"The coffee table is a cluttered smorgasbord of medical shit - tubes and tapes and bags and scissors and clampy things."
"His hands grew clampy with cold."
"2005, Emmanuel Acheta, Duel With a Dictator. An African Woman's Political Struggle, https://books.google.ru/books?id=0nseN228J-QC&pg=PA154&dq=clampy&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVqdGqtpDLAhUD63IKHRLuBEA4ChDoAQhAMAc#v=onepage&q=clampy&f=falseː Her hands were clampy, speech unsure and eyes half-closed."
"The reptiles roared, throwing their heads back in exultation, and threw away their useless weapons, which they could no longer hold efficiently with their clampy hands."

Etymology

From clamp + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: clamp

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈklæmpi/
British English: /ˈklæmpi/

Inflected Forms

more clampy (comparative) most clampy (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce clampy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈklæmpi/.
What does clampy mean?: Resembling a clamp; clamp-like.
Where does clampy come from?: From clamp + -y.

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