clem

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

hunger

starve

Translations

كليم

verhungern

morire di fame

Pronounced as (IPA)

/klɛm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *clemmen

Inherited from Old English: clemman

Cognate with Dutch: klemmen

Cognate with German: 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]”).