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单词 clype
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clypen.

Brit. /klʌɪp/, U.S. /klaɪp/, Scottish English /klʌip/
Etymology: Origin and sense doubtful.
Scottish.
Jamieson has ‘An ugly, ill-shaped fellow’. Now gen. Scottish in sense ‘a telltale’.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer
wrayerc1000
wrobberc1300
discoverera1400
denunciator1474
informer1503
denouncer1533
detector1541
delatora1572
sycophant1579
inquisitor1580
scout1585
finger man1596
emphanista1631
quadruplator1632
informant1645
eastee-man1681
whiddler1699
runner1724
stag1725
snitch1785
qui tam1788
squeak1795
split1819
clype1825
telegraph1825
snitcher1827
Jack Nasty1837
pigeon1847
booker1863
squealer1865
pig1874
rounder1884
sneak1886
mouse1890
finger1899
fizgig1902
screamer1902
squeaker1903
canary1912
shopper1924
narker1932
snurge1933
cheese eater1935
singer1935
tip-off1941
top-off1941
tout1959
rat fink1961
whistle-blower1970
society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer
rounderOE
blabc1374
tale-teller1377
clatterer1388
tittlerc1400
talebearer1478
whisterer1519
whisperer1547
telltale1548
tattler1549
clatterfart1552
tale-carrier1552
babbler?1555
gossip1566
gossiper1568
carry-tale1577
mumble-news1598
twitter1598
buzzer1604
blob-talea1670
gadabout1757
tell-pie1771
circulator1792
clype1825
windjammer1880
tattle-tale1889
panta1908
clatfarta1930
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 107 Quod scho: My clype, ‘my vnspaynit gyane With moderis mylk ȝit in ȝour mychane’.
1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow i. 284 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 290 Clarus, the long clype playit on a bag pype.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Ye're an ill-far'd clype.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Clype, a telltale, Loth.; always applied to a female, Clydes.
1895 ‘I. Maclaren’ Days Auld Lang Syne 143 The verra lassies cried ‘clype’ (telltale) at him gaein' hame.
1931 A. M. Williams Bundle of Yarns 47 The clype of the class told her that Johnnie had a preen.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 189 In Scotland a tale-bearer is a ‘clype’ or ‘clypie’ (hence ‘Clype the clout)’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

clypev.

Brit. /klʌɪp/, U.S. /klaɪp/, Scottish English /klʌip/
Forms: Also clipe.
Etymology: Obscurely developed from Old English cleopian clepe v.
Scottish.
To inform on (a person), to tell tales.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)]
inform1588
peach1598
whistle1599
sing1612
whiddlec1661
squeak1690
wheedle1710
whittle1735
to blow the gab1785
snitch1801
rat1810
nose1811
sing1816
gnarl1819
split1819
stag1839
clype1843
squeal1846
blow1848
to round on1857
nark1859
pimp1865
squawk1872
ruck1884
to come or turn copper1891
copper1897
sneak1897
cough1901
stool1911
tattle-tale1918
snout1923
talk1924
fink1925
scream1925
sarbut1928
grass1929
to turn over1967
dime1970
society > communication > information > rumour > [verb (intransitive)] > bear tales or rumours
talea1225
tittlec1400
twittle1551
tattle1581
clavera1605
gossip1627
twita1643
clasha1689
fetch-and-carry1770
clype1843
clatfart1913
tattle-tale1918
labrish1935
1843 Second Crack aboot Kirk 1 Wha do you think, Saunders, has been clipeing?
1894 Daily News 28 May 8/5 It is not the other High School boys who ‘clype’, as they say, of Scott's battles and scrapes.
1923 G. Blake Mince Collop Close ix. 256 Mrs. Sarah Rafferty had cliped on Bella to the police.
1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Jan. 73/2 Begg, the censorious cashier, ever ready to ‘clype’ on his subordinates.
1963 ‘H. Calvin’ It's Different Abroad viii. 109 ‘Roddy did something else too...’ ‘You shut up.’ ‘Well, you did!’ ‘Don't clype, Vanessa.’

Derivatives

ˈclyping adj. gossiping, tattling.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > rumour > [adjective] > tale-bearing
telltale1573
tattling1581
whispering1581
gossiping1618
clyping1722
rumouring1824
1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets i. 3 When Men of Mettle thought it Nonsence To heed that cleping Thing ca'd Conscience.
1895 H. Ochiltree Redburn xiii. 129 The pechin' clypin auld limmer.
1921 Blackwood's Mag. July 90/2 That wee clypin' body Corris boakes them up lik' vomit.
1928 J. L. R. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 10 Did clypin' bow nae deck the lift, The rain micht ne'er hae been!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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