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2 N‑COUNT [usu pl, oft n N ] Clippings are small pieces of something that have been cut from something larger. □  Having mown the lawn, there are all those grass clippings to get rid of. □  …nail clippings.

clique /kliː k/ (cliques ) N‑COUNT If you describe a group of people as a clique , you mean that they spend a lot of time together and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group. [DISAPPROVAL ]

cli|quey /kliː ki/ in AM, usually use cliquish ADJ If you describe a group of people or their behaviour as cliquey , you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …cliquey gossip.

clito|ral /kl I tərəl/ ADJ [ADJ n] Clitoral means concerned with or relating to the clitoris. □  …clitoral stimulation.

clito|ris /kl I tər I s/ (clitorises ) N‑COUNT The clitoris is a part at the front of a woman's sexual organs where she can feel sexual pleasure.

Cllr. N‑TITLE Cllr. is a written abbreviation for councillor . [BRIT ] □  …Cllr. Ned Dewitt.

cloak /kloʊ k/ (cloaks , cloaking , cloaked )

1 N‑COUNT A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out.

2 N‑SING A cloak of something such as mist or snow completely covers and hides something. □ [+ of ] Today most of England will be under a cloak of thick mist.

3 N‑SING If you refer to something as a cloak , you mean that it is intended to hide the truth about something. □ [+ of ] Preparations for the wedding were made under a cloak of secrecy.

4 VERB To cloak something means to cover it or hide it. [WRITTEN ] □ [V n + in ] …the decision to cloak major tourist attractions in unsightly hoardings. □ [V -ed + in ] The beautiful sweeping coastline was cloaked in mist.

cloa k-and-da gger also cloak and dagger ADJ [usu ADJ n] A cloak-and-dagger activity is one which involves mystery and secrecy. □  She was released from prison in a cloak-and-dagger operation yesterday.

cloak|room /kloʊ kruːm/ (cloakrooms )

1 N‑COUNT In a public building, the cloakroom is the place where people can leave their coats, umbrellas, and so on. □  …a cloakroom attendant.

2 N‑COUNT A cloakroom is a room containing toilets in a public building or a room containing a toilet on the ground floor of someone's house. [BRIT ]

clob|ber /klɒ bə ^r / (clobbers , clobbering , clobbered )

1 N‑UNCOUNT You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber . [BRIT , INFORMAL ]

2 VERB If you clobber someone, you hit them. [INFORMAL ] □ [V n] Hillary clobbered him with a vase.

cloche /klɒ ʃ/ (cloches ) N‑COUNT A cloche is a long, low cover made of glass or clear plastic that is put over young plants to protect them from the cold.

clock ◆◇◇ /klɒ k/ (clocks , clocking , clocked )

1 N‑COUNT A clock is an instrument, for example in a room or on the outside of a building, that shows what time of day it is. □  He was conscious of a clock ticking. □  He also repairs clocks and watches. □  …a digital clock.

2 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A time clock in a factory or office is a device that is used to record the hours that people work. Each worker puts a special card into the device when they arrive and leave, and the times are recorded on the card. □  Government workers were made to punch time clocks morning, noon and night.

3 N‑COUNT [usu sing] In a car, the clock is the instrument that shows the speed of the car or the distance it has travelled. [mainly BRIT ] □  The car had 160,000 miles on the clock.

4 VERB To clock a particular time or speed in a race means to reach that time or speed. □ [V n] Elliott clocked the fastest time this year for the 800 metres.