Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clashy

/ˈklæʃi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: clashy
IPA: /ˈklæʃi/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wet, rainy; muddy.

British usage; Obsolete

adj

That clash(es), that do(es) not match or fit stylistically.

Informal

noun

Archaic

Example Sentences

"... [not] the dress he kept for extra "clashy and clarty wark," but just his everyday fawn-coloured jeans and corduroys […]"
"She looked up and said, "It's rayder clashy." He assented to her remark for the rain was pouring down, and the roads were muddy and slippery[…]"
"... t' wedder wes clashy an t' rooads clarty."
"... it's nobbut a clashy night."

Etymology

From clash + -y. Sense 1 is from the dialectal use of clash for a heavy rainfall.

Word Breakdown

Root: खलाशी
Suffix: clash

Usage

Inflected Forms

clashier (comparative) clashiest (superlative) clashies (plural)

Phrases

clashy-clashy

Rhymes With

flashy trashy ashy splashy nashi bashy slashy mashie rashy dashy mashy rashie

Questions

How do you pronounce clashy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈklæʃi/.
What does clashy mean?: Wet, rainy; muddy.
Where does clashy come from?: From clash + -y. Sense 1 is from the dialectal use of clash for a heavy rainfall.

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