chippy
A carpenter.
A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
A fish-and-chip shop.
The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk.
A potato chip.
A chiptune.
A chipping sparrow.
An occasional drug habit, less than addiction.

chippying
present participle and gerund of chippy

chokeheld
simple past and past participle of chokehold

chokehold
A grappling hold around a person's neck, especially one in which the neck is grasped tightly from behind with an arm, cutting off the flow of blood to the brain and restricting breathing.
A powerful and restrictive control or influence over something.

chokeholded
simple past and past participle of chokehold

chokeholding
present participle and gerund of chokehold

chokeholds
plural of chokehold

chookhouse
A henhouse.

chookhouses
plural of chookhouse

chuck
Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
Food.
A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

chucked
simple past and past participle of chuck

chucking
present participle and gerund of chuck

chuckings
plural of chucking

chucks
plural of chuck
The game of jacks or jackstones.

chur
A strong voicing of agreement, approval, or thanks: awesome!, cheers!, ta!, thanks!.
A parting salutation: bye, see you later.

churs
plural of chur

circumfer
To bear or carry around.

circumfered
simple past and past participle of circumfer

circumfering
present participle and gerund of circumfer

circumferred
simple past and past participle of circumfer

circumferring
present participle and gerund of circumfer

circumfers
third-person singular simple present indicative of circumfer

clamp
A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.
A compact pile of agricultural produce (such as root vegetables or silage) used for temporary storage (often covered with straw, earth, or both).
A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.

clamped
Having clamps
Fixed with, or as if with, a clamp.

clamping
present participle and gerund of clamp

clampings
plural of clamping

clamps
plural of clamp

clapperboard
A device consisting of a board on which information about a film being recorded is noted, and a hinged piece which is brought down on the board with a clap at the start and end of each take of the film; it is used to synchronize picture and sound during editing.

clapperboarded
simple past and past participle of clapperboard

clapperboarding
present participle and gerund of clapperboard

clapperboards
plural of clapperboard

clasp
A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.
A bar or insignia on a medal ribbon, to either indicate an additional award of the medal, or the action or service for which it was awarded.
An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.

clasped
simple past and past participle of clasp

clasping
present participle and gerund of clasp

claspings
plural of clasping

clasps
plural of clasp

cleek
A large hook.
A metal-headed golf club with little loft, equivalent in a modern set of clubs to a one or two iron or a four wood.

clench
To grip or hold fast.
To close tightly.
Alternative form of clinch (“bend and hammer a nail”).
Dated form of clinch (“make certain, finalize”).

clenched
Closed tightly.

clenches
third-person singular simple present indicative of clench

clenching
present participle and gerund of clench

clenchings
plural of clenching

click
A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
The act of snapping one's fingers.
An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
The sound made by a dolphin.
The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
A pawl or similar catch.
A knock or blow.
A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
A click track.

clickbeetle
Alternative form of click beetle.

clickbeetles
plural of clickbeetle

clickfraud
Alternative form of click fraud.

clickwraps
plural of clickwrap

clied
simple past and past participle of cly

clies
third-person singular simple present indicative of cly

clitch
Alternative form of clutch.

clitched
simple past and past participle of clitch

clitches
plural of clitch

clitching
present participle and gerund of clitch

clockhouse
A house or dwelling featuring a large visible clock on its exterior.
A part of a building featuring such a clock; the section of a clock tower in which the clock is housed.

clockhouses
plural of clockhouse

clubhouse
Any building used by a club for meetings or social activities.
A locker room and possibly associated rooms used by an athletic team.
A building at a golf course that houses various activities associated with golf.

clubhouses
plural of clubhouse

clunch
A traditional building material mostly made of chalk or clay.

clunched
simple past and past participle of clunch

clunches
plural of clunch

clunching
present participle and gerund of clunch

clusterberry
Cotoneaster lacteus syn. Cotoneaster parneyi
Vaccinium vitis-idaea

clutch
To seize, as though with claws.
To grip or grasp tightly.
To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.

clutched
simple past and past participle of clutch

clutches
plural of clutch
Grasp; possession; control.

clutching
present participle and gerund of clutch

clutchings
plural of clutching

clutcht
simple past and past participle of clutch

cly
To seize; to steal.

clying
present participle and gerund of cly

coal
A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
Charcoal.
Content of low quality.
Bombs emitting black smoke on impact.
Money.

coalball
Alternative form of coal ball.

coalballs
plural of coalball

coalbed
Alternative spelling of coal bed.

coalbeds
plural of coalbed

coale
Obsolete form of coal.

coaled
simple past and past participle of coal

coalette
A briquet of coal.

coalettes
plural of coalette

coalhole
Alternative form of coal hole.

coalholes
plural of coalhole

coaling
present participle and gerund of coal

coalitioners
plural of coalitioner

coalmine
Alternative form of coal mine.

coalmines
plural of coalmine; alternative form of coal mines

coals
plural of coal

coaltar
Alternative form of coal tar.

coaltars
plural of coaltar

coaltit
A small European titmouse, Parus ater. Alternative form of coal tit.

coaltits
plural of coaltit

coell
Obsolete form of coal.