cling
/ˈklɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.49 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Antelope steaks and fried liver to begin on, and venison cutlets with chili con carne and pineapple fritters, and then some sardines and mixed pickles; and top it off with a can of yellow clings and a bottle of beer."
- "a more tenacious cling to worldly reſpects,"
- "You can make window clings by using thin transparency sheets, school glue, food coloring, and templates."
- "Seaweed clung to the anchor."
- "And what hath life for thee / That thou shouldst cling to it thus?"
- "Third-class carriages are grossly overcrowded, with passengers lying on the luggage racks, standing between the benches, and occasionally even riding on the footboards and clinging to the outsides of the coaches for short distances."
Etymology
From Middle English clingen, from Old English clingan (“to adhere”), from Proto-West Germanic *klingan, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą. Cognate with Danish klynge (“to cluster, to crowd”). Compare clump.