clepe

Plural: clepes

Verb

Verb Forms: cleped, clept, cleping, clepes

An archaic term meaning to call or name.
To give a call; cry out; appeal.
To call; call upon; cry out to.
To call to oneself; invite; summon.
To call; call by the name of; name.
To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
To report; relate; tell.

Noun

A cry; an appeal; a call.

Examples

If one were to CLEPE the play, it would be ’masterful’ for its high score.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English clepen, clepien, from Old English cleopian, clipian (“to speak, cry out, call, summon, invoke, cry to, implore”), from Proto-Germanic *klipōną (“to ring, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *gal- (“to sound”). Cognate with Old Frisian klippa, kleppa (“to ring”), Dutch kleppen (“to toll, chatter”), Middle Low German kleppen (“to strike, sound”), Middle Low German kleperen (“to rattle”).

Synonyms

blab, chatter, denominate, designate, dub, gossip, grass, name, rat out, snitch

Scrabble Score: 9

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

Words With Friends Score: 12

clepe: valid Words With Friends Word