cloor

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verb

To claw, scratch.

OriginScots cloor ← Norwegian klore ← Old Norse klóra →
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Meanings

verbcloor (third-person singular simple present cloors, present participle clooring, simple past and past participle cloored)

present singular third person cloors · participle present clooring · participle past cloored · past cloored · alternative kloor · alternative klur · alternative kluir

  1. dialectaltransitiveTo claw, scratch.
  2. dialectalreflexiveTo scratch (oneself).
nouncloor (plural cloors)

plural cloors · alternative kloor · alternative klur · alternative kluir

  1. dialectalA scratch, especially from a claw, nail, pin, etc.

Origin

  1. Old Norsekló“claw”
  2. Old Norseklóra“to scrawl, scratch”
  3. Norwegianklore“to scratch with the fingers, scrawl”
  4. Scotscloor
  5. Englishcloor

From Scots cloor, from Norwegian klore (“to scratch with the fingers, scrawl”), from Old Norse klóra (“to scrawl, scratch”), klór (“a scratching”), a frequentative verb derived from Old Norse kló (“claw”). Cognate with Icelandic klóra (“to scratch”), Faroese klóra (“to scratch, tear, claw”).

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APA

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Chicago

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

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