clep

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English clepen, from Old English cleopian, clipian.

Verb

clep (third-person singular simple present cleps, present participle clepping, simple past and past participle clept)

1. Alternative form of clepe.
   • 1989, G. McCaughrean, Maypole, page 35:

     "They clep you Little Musgrave," she said.

Etymology 2

From Middle English cleppen, from Old English *cleppan, clæppan, from Proto-West Germanic *klappijan. Cognate with Dutch kleppen (“to chatter”).

Verb

clep (third-person singular simple present cleps, present participle clepping, simple past and past participle clepped)

1. (dialectal) To chatter, gossip, tell tales.
2. (dialectal) To tattle.

Anagrams

• CELP, plec, Pelc