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1 : unusually perceptive

2 : having the power of discerning objects not present to the senses

— clairvoyant noun

clair·voy·ance noun : the power or faculty of discerning objects not present to the senses

clam noun 1 : any of numerous bivalve mollusks including many that are edible

2 : DOLLAR

clam·bake noun : a party or gathering (as at the seashore) at which food is cooked usu. on heated rocks covered by seaweed

clam·ber verb : to climb awkwardly

— clam·ber·er noun

clam·my adjective clam·mi·er; -est : being damp, soft, sticky, and usu. cool

— clam·mi·ness noun

1clamor noun 1 : a noisy shouting

2 : a loud continuous noise

3 : insistent public expression (as of support or protest)

Synonyms

[1] howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, noise, outcry, roar, tumult, uproar; also clangor, din, jangle, racket

[2] bluster, cacophony, din, noise, racket, roar—more at NOISE

2clamor verb : to appeal, demand, or protest by sustained noisy outcry : to become loudly insistent — often used with for

Synonyms usually clamor for

call, claim, command, demand, enjoin, exact, insist, press, quest, stipulate—more at DEMAND

clam·or·ous adjective 1 : marked by confused din or outcry

2 : full of noise : noisily insistent

Synonyms

[1] blatant, obstreperous, vociferous—more at VOCIFEROUS

[2] booming, deafening, earsplitting, loud, piercing, resounding, ringing, roaring, sonorous, stentorian, thunderous—more at LOUD

1clamp noun : a device that holds or presses parts together firmly

2clamp verb : to fasten with or as if with a clamp

Synonyms

anchor, catch, fasten, fix, hitch, moor, secure, set

clamp down verb : to impose restrictions : become repressive

— clamp·down noun

Synonyms usually clamp down on

crack down, crush, put down, quash, quell, repress, silence, snuff, squash, squelch, subdue, suppress—more at QUELL

clam·shell noun 1 : the shell of a clam

2 : a bucket or grapnel (as on a dredge) having two hinged jaws

clam up verb : to become silent

Synonyms

hush, quiet, shut up—more at SHUT UP

clan noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. ScGael clann offspring, clan, fr. Old Irish cland plant, offspring, fr. L planta plant]

1 : a group of people tracing descent from a common ancestor

2 : a group united by a common interest or common characteristics

— clan·nish noun

— clan·nish·ness noun

Synonyms

[1] blood, family, folk, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock, tribe—more at FAMILY

[2] body, bunch, circle, clique, community, coterie, crowd, fold, gang, lot, ring, set—more at GANG

clan·des·tine adjective : held in or conducted with secrecy

Synonyms

covert, furtive, hugger-mugger, private, secret, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underground, underhanded—more at SECRET

clang noun : a loud metallic ringing sound

— clang verb

Synonyms

clash; also chime, peel, ring; clink, jangle, jingle, tinkle; clap, clop, crack, crash

clan·gor noun : a loud deeply resounding sound made esp. by metal objects struck together

clan·nish noun : tending to associate only with a select group of similar background or status

— clan·nish·ness noun

clank noun : a sharp brief metallic ringing sound

— clank verb

1clap verb clapped; clap·ping 1 : to strike noisily

2 : APPLAUD

2clap noun 1 : a loud noisy crash

2 : a sudden sometimes resounding blow or stroke

3 : the noise made by clapping the hands

Synonyms

bang, blast, boom, crack, crash, pop, report, slam, smash, snap, thwack, whack; also clang, clangor, clank, clash; knock, rap, tap; clamor, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, outcry, roar, tumult, uproar

3clap noun : GONORRHEA

clap·board noun : a narrow board thicker at one edge than the other used for siding

— clap·board verb

clap·per noun : one that claps; especially : the tongue of a bell

clap·trap noun : pretentious nonsense

Synonyms

bunk, drivel, fiddlesticks, folly, foolishness, fudge, hogwash, humbug,