clepe

Meanings

Plural: clepes

Verb

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.

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

Words With Friends Score: 12

clepe is a valid Words With Friends word