clatch English

Meaning clatch meaning

What does clatch mean?

clatch noun

— (UK, Scotland, dialect) A soft or sloppy lump or mass.

— (UK, Scotland, dialect) Anything put together or made in a careless or slipshod way.

— (UK, Scotland, dialect, by extension) A sluttish or slipshod woman.

— (UK, Scotland, dialect, historical) A kind of gig.

clatch verb

— (UK, Scotland, dialect, ambitransitive) To daub or smear, as with lime; to make or finish in a slipshod way.