Definitions For Clatch

Verb

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

Noun

{{en-noun, es}} (UK, Scotland, dialect) A soft or sloppy lump or mass. : to throw a clatch of mud (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.

Etymology

Compare {{etyl, sco, en}} clatch, , a slap, the noise caused by the collision of soft bodies; probably of imitative origin.