clem

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

To be hungry; starve.

Noun

1. (Geordie, Teesside, slang) A brick or stone.
2. (slang) One stone (unit of mass).
3. (Geordie, slang, vulgar) A testicle.

Sinonieme

hunger

starve

Vertalings

كليم

verhungern

morire di fame

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/klɛm/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: *clemmen

Geërf van Old English: clemman

Verwante met Nederlands: klemmen

Verwante met Duits: klemmen

In summary

Inherited from Middle English *clemmen, *clammen, from Old English clemman, clæmman (“to press, surround”), from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan (“to squeeze”). Cognate with Dutch klemmen (“to jam, pinch, stick”), German klemmen (“to jam, clamp; to be stuck, stick [to a surface]”).