clashy

C3L1A1S1H4Y4
/ˈklæʃi/

adjective

Wet, rainy; muddy.

OriginMarathi खलाशी →
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Meanings

clashy1

adjectiveclashy (comparative clashier, superlative clashiest)

comparative clashier · superlative clashiest

  1. UKdialectalobsoleteWet, rainy; muddy.

    ... it's nobbut a clashy night.

    1892, Mrs. Humphry Ward, The History of David Grieve, page 203
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    ... [not] the dress he kept for extra "clashy and clarty wark," but just his everyday fawn-coloured jeans and corduroys […]

    1866, Elizabeth Lynn Linton, Lizzie Larton of Greyrigg: a Novel, page 271

    She looked up and said, "It's rayder clashy." He assented to her remark for the rain was pouring down, and the roads were muddy and slippery[…]

    1876, William Dickinson, Cumbriana; Or, Fragments of Cumbrian Life, page 81

    ... t' wedder wes clashy an t' rooads clarty.

    1887, Thomas Clarke, Specimens of the dialects of Westmorland, page 38
  2. informalThat clash(es), that do(es) not match or fit stylistically.

clashy2

nounclashy (plural clashies)

plural clashies

  1. archaicA khalasi.

Origin

clashy · adjective

From clash + -y. Sense 1 is from the dialectal use of clash for a heavy rainfall.

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clashy · noun

  1. Marathiखलाशी
  2. Englishclashy

A corruption of a form similar to khalasi, likely Marathi खलाशी (khalāśī).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with clashy

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Anagrams

Achlys
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clashy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clashy.

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