单词 | clype |
释义 | clypen. 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. 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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