Definition of CLABBER

clabber

Noun

  • raw milk that has soured and thickened
  • Sour or curdled milk.
  • Wet clay or mud.

Verb

Verb Forms: clabbered, clabbering, clabbers

  • To curdle or cause to curdle, especially milk.
  • turn into curds
  • To sour or curdle.

Examples

  • His stomach would CLABBER with nerves during the final moments of a close game.

Origin / Etymology

Shortening of bonny clabber, from Irish bainne clábar (“mud, thick milk for churning”) or a Scots Gaelic cognate thereof; the latter is probably related to láib (“dirt, mud, filth”).

Synonyms

clot, curdle

Scrabble Score: 13

clabber: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
clabber: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
clabber: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

clabber: valid Words With Friends Word