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claver

/ˈklævɚ/

claver noun: frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter. Also the obsolete form of clover.

Noun

claver (countable and uncountable, plural clavers)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter.
    • Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 26, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

Verb

claver (third-person singular simple present clavers, present participle clavering, simple past and past participle clavered)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) To gossip or chit-chat.

Proper noun capitalized: Claver

Claver

  1. A municipality of Surigao del Norte, Philippines.

Also used as

claver is also the obsolete form of clover.

Forms of claver

Noun
pluralclavers
Verb
third-person singular presentclavers
present participleclavering
past participleclavered
pastclavered

Origin of claver

Borrowed from Scots claver.

Questions about claver

What does claver mean?
Claver means frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter.
What part of speech is claver?
Claver can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce claver?
Claver is pronounced /ˈklævɚ/.
What is the plural of claver?
The plural of claver is clavers.

Words near claver in the dictionary

  1. Clavell
  2. clavellate
  3. clavellated
  4. clavellated ashes
  5. Clavels
  6. claver
  7. Claverdon
  8. clavered
  9. Claverham
  10. Claveria
  11. clavering

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