CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
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clippety-clop in CommonParlance
- definition the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
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clipping in CommonParlance
- definition an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- definition cutting down to the desired size or shape
- definition the act of clipping or snipping
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clique in CommonParlance
- definition an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
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cliquish in CommonParlance
- definition befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
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cliquishly in CommonParlance
- definition in a clannish manner
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cliquishness in CommonParlance
- definition tendency to associate with only a select group
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clit in CommonParlance
- definition a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
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clitic in CommonParlance
- definition a word that is treated in pronunciation as forming a part of a neighboring word and that is often unaccented or contracted.
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clitoral in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the clitoris
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clitoral vein in CommonParlance
- definition veins that serve the clitoris
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clitoric in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the clitoris
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clitoridectomy in CommonParlance
- definition excision of the clitoris
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clitoris in CommonParlance
- definition a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
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clitter in CommonParlance
- definition make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
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clivers in CommonParlance
- definition annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
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cloaca in CommonParlance
- definition (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not other mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open
- definition a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
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cloak in CommonParlance
- definition anything that covers or conceals
- definition a loose outer garment
- definition hide under a false appearance
- definition cover as if with clothing
- definition cover with or as if with a cloak
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cloak-and-dagger in CommonParlance
- definition conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
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cloaked in CommonParlance
- definition having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
- definition covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
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cloakmaker in CommonParlance
- definition someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
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cloakroom in CommonParlance
- definition a private lounge off of a legislative chamber
- definition a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily
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cloakroom ticket in CommonParlance
- definition a ticket given to someone who checks a coat or other personal item into a cloakroom and which is used to redeem that item at a later period.
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clobber in CommonParlance
- definition informal terms for personal possessions
- definition strike violently and repeatedly
- definition beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
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clochard in CommonParlance
- definition a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
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cloche in CommonParlance
- definition a low transparent cover put over young plants to protect them from cold
- definition a woman's close-fitting hat that resembles a helmet