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clabbers up

clabbers up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clabber up.

Meaning of clabber up

Verb

clabber up (third-person singular simple present clabbers up, present participle clabbering up, simple past and past participle clabbered up)

  1. (intransitive) To become sour or curdled
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To turn sour; to become unpleasant
  3. To look (as clouds gather, etc) like rain is imminent.
    • the weather's clabbering up to rain; the clouds are clabbering up

Questions about clabbers up

What is clabbers up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Clabbers up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clabber up.

Words near clabbers up in the dictionary

  1. clabbered
  2. clabbered up
  3. clabbering
  4. clabbering up
  5. clabbers
  6. clabbers up
  7. Claborn
  8. Claborns
  9. clachan
  10. Clachan of Campsie
  11. clachans

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