| clown |
a comic performer, as in a circus, who wears odd clothes and exaggerated makeup and entertains by jokes, tricks, juggling, and the like. [4 definitions] |
| cloy |
to oversupply with something sweet or pleasant so that the experience of these things becomes sickening or wearisome. [2 definitions] |
| cloying |
sickening or wearisome by being excessively sweet or pleasant. |
| cloze |
of, pertaining to, or being a measure of reading comprehension or language acquisition in which a learner is asked to supply words that are missing from a text. Such words will have been systematically deleted and typically range across various parts of speech. [2 definitions] |
| club |
a heavy stick, esp. of wood, used as a weapon. [7 definitions] |
| clubable |
combined form of club. |
| club car |
a railroad passenger car equipped with lounge chairs, tables, and a buffet or bar. |
| clubfoot |
a congenital deformity or malformation of a foot. [2 definitions] |
| clubhouse |
a building or room owned by a club and used for meetings and other events. |
| clubman |
a man who is a member of a club at which he spends much time or in which he is quite active. |
| club sandwich |
a sandwich of three or more layers of bread, often toasted, that is filled with layers of meat, cheese, tomato, mayonnaise, and the like. |
| club soda |
a carbonated, unflavored water; soda water. |
| club steak |
a beefsteak cut from the upper end of the short loin. |
| clubwoman |
a woman who is a member of one or more clubs at which, or in the activities of which, she spends much time. |
| cluck |
to make the sharp, throaty noise of a hen brooding or calling chicks. [4 definitions] |
| clue |
something that gives direction or help in solving a puzzle, problem, or mystery. [2 definitions] |
| clue in |
to provide with information or make aware. |
| clueless |
(informal) having absolutely no understanding, awareness, or knowledge of something. [2 definitions] |
| clump |
a dense grouping, as of trees. [6 definitions] |
| clumsy |
lacking physical grace or coordination; awkward; fumbling. [3 definitions] |
| clung |
past tense and past participle of cling. |