Meaning

A glue or paste made from starch..

Definitions by Sense

1. A glue or paste made from starch.
2. Low cloud, fog or smog.
3. (railway slang) Unburned carbon (smoke) from a steam or diesel locomotive, or multiple unit.
4. (motor racing slang) Bits of rubber which are shed from tires during a race and collect off the racing line, especially on the outside of corners (cf. marbles).
5. (obsolete) To encumber
6. To stick, like boots in mud
7. (Geordie, Teesside) To hit

Example Sentences

The sky was thick with dirty gray clag

This programme included practice interceptions, simulator training, day flying, night flying, clag flying -- in addition to […] [a footnote states that clag flying was Air Force slang for foul weather flying.]

We went along in the clag for what seemed like an eternity [a footnote defines clag as low cloud cover]

He ran wide in the corner, hit the clag and spun off.

As when the orchard boughes are clag'd with fruite

Can such draw to me/My stund affections all with Cinders clag'd

Wash the rice well in two waters, if you don't wash 'em, 'e will clag [clag means get sticky] and put 'em in a pot of well-salted boiling water.

Word Forms

• clags
• clagging
• clagged

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When Should You Use Clag?

Use clag when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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