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Definition: CLINGY |
CLINGYAdjective1. Apt to cling; adhesive. |
| "CLINGY" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.55% of the time. "CLINGY" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 96.55% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.45% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 29 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
clingy | 41 |
baby clingy | 4 |
clingy shirt | 4 |
clingy lyrics | 3 |
clingy friend | 2 |
clingy right thurr | 2 |
clingy lyrics right thurr | 2 |
cat clingy | 2 |
clingy woman | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CLINGY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që ngjitet (Cloggy), që kolitet (Cloggy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لزج (adherent, adhesive, glairy, gluey, glutinous, gummy, ropy, slimy, sticky, stringy, tacky, tenacious, tough, viscid, viscous), دبق (adhesive, fatty, gelation, glutinous, gummy, limy, slimy, sticky, stringy, tacky, tenacious, viscid, viscous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | лепнещ, прилепващ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přilnavý (cohesive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | anhänglich (affectionate, clinging, devoted, selfless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προσκολλητώσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tapadós (clam, clammy, fat, glairy, stiff, tacky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | affezionato (attached, fond, loving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ingyclay pegajoso (clammy, clinging, Cloggy, dauby, gluey, gummy, lentous, linage, ropy, slimy, sticky, stringy, tacky, viscid, viscous). (various references) липкий (adhesive, dauby, gluey, glutinous, goo, gooey, gummy, lentous, ropy, sticky, tacky, viscous). (various references) nametljiv (importunate, intrusive, meddlesome, obtrusive, officious, suggestive). (various references) klibbig (adhesive, dauby, gluey, glutinous, gooey, gummy, lentous, limy, sticky, tacky). (various references) ที่ต้องอยู่ใกล้ๆ ผู้อื่น (clinging). (various references) yapışkan (adherent, adhesive, agglutinate, clamant, clammy, clinging, cohesive, gluey, glutinous, greasy, gummy, like a limpet, mucilaginous, ropy, sticking, sticky, tenacious, viscid, viscous), yapışan (agglutinate, cohesive), sarılan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"CLINGY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chigny, Cilgwyn, cingy, clangy, clinge, clinky, clugy, Clungwyn, coligny, flingy, lingy, Mcglincy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: glycin. | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-i-l-n-y" | |
-1 letter: cling, lingy, lying. | |
-2 letters: inly, ling, liny. | |
-3 letters: cig, gin, icy, lin, nil, yin. | |
-4 letters: in, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-i-l-n-y" | |
+1 letter: claying, cloying, cycling, cymling, glycine, glycins. | |
+2 letters: achingly, collying, cooingly, cryingly, cullying, cyclings, cymbling, cymlings, glycerin, glycines, glyconic, lynching. | |
+3 letters: acylating, bicycling, bracingly, carpingly, chokingly, cloyingly, complying, condignly, cunningly, cuttingly, cyclizing, cymblings, genically, glycerine, glycerins, glyconics, iconology, lackeying, lynchings, lysogenic, mincingly, mockingly, polygenic, rackingly, recycling, sicklying, uncloying. | |
+4 letters: accusingly, anaglyphic, becomingly, bouncingly, calcifying, catalyzing, charmingly, chillingly, clankingly, clarifying, coalifying, cognizably, covetingly, craniology, crashingly, crushingly, dulcifying, enticingly, exactingly, excitingly, fetchingly, glancingly, glycerines, lacqueying, laryngitic, lyricising, lyricizing, malignancy, menacingly, piercingly, playacting, scathingly, scowlingly, shockingly, shylocking, touchingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4C 49 4E 47 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. .. -. --. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000111 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C L I N G Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004C 0049 004E 0047 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)374643484159 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, alban, Arnavut |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, арабский, arapski, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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