Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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clobber

UK /ˈklɒb.ə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈklɑb.ɚ/ verb, noun

Forms clobbers clobbering clobbered

  1. verb (transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
  2. verb (transitive, computing, slang) To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.
  3. noun (slang) A beating.
  4. noun A bash on say the head, typically with a tool or object rather than with fists.
  5. noun (Australia, UK, slang) Clothing; clothes.
  6. noun (UK, slang) Equipment.
  7. noun A paste used by shoemakers to hide the cracks in leather.

Synonyms

slog slug clobbering clubbing thumping stuff baste batter cream bat drub thrash lick

Etymology

British slang from 1941; possibly onomatopoeic of the sound of detonated bombs in the distance.

British slang from 19th century of unknown origin, perhaps from Yiddish.

Of obscure origin, but compare clabber (“mud, wet clay”).

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “clobber”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details