clep

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verb

To chatter, gossip, tell tales.

OriginMiddle English clepen ← Old English cleopian →
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Meanings

clep1

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

present singular third person cleps · participle present clepping · participle past clept · past clept

  1. alternativeAlternative form of clepe.

    "They clep you Little Musgrave," she said.

    1989, G. McCaughrean, Maypole, page 35

clep2

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

present singular third person cleps · participle present clepping · participle past clepped · past clepped

  1. dialectalTo chatter, gossip, tell tales.
  2. dialectalTo tattle.

CLEP3

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of College Level Examination Program.

Origin

clep · verb

  1. Old Englishcleopian
  2. Middle Englishclepen
  3. Englishclep

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

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clep · verb

  1. Proto-West Germanic*klappijan
  2. Old English*cleppan
  3. Middle Englishcleppen
  4. Englishclep

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

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APA

clep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clep

MLA

“clep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clep. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clep,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clep.

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