Definition of cloy Cloy
/klɔjˈ/ - [kloy] - cloy
We found 15 definitions of cloy from 7 different sources.
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What does cloy mean?
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| cloy - cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite" | ||
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| replete, sate, satiate, fill fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" | ||
| cloy - supply or feed to surfeit | ||
| surfeit | ||
| furnish, supply, provide, render provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cloy (v. t.)
To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog. - cloy (v. t.)
To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit. - cloy (v. t.)
To penetrate or pierce; to wound. - cloy (v. t.)
To spike, as a cannon. - cloy (v. t.)
To stroke with a claw.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cloy
kloi, v.t. to fill to loathing: to satiate: (Spens.) to gore:—pr.p. cloy′ing; pa.p. cloyed.—adjs. Cloyed, clagged: cumbered; Cloy′ing, satiating; Cloy′less (Shak.) that cannot cloy.—n. Cloy′ment (Shak.), satiety, surfeit.—adj. Cloy′some, satiating. [Fr. clouer, to drive a nail into, to spike or stop, as a gun, from L. clavus, a nail.] -
cloy
kloi, v.t. (Shak.) to stroke with a claw. [Perh. a corr. of Claw.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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cloy
To drive an iron spike by main force into the vent or touch-hole of a gun, which renders it unserviceable till the spike be either worked out, or a new vent drilled. (See NAILING and SPIKING.)
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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cloy
To steal. To cloy the clout; to steal the handkerchief. To cloy the lour; to steal money. CANT.
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🔤- cloy, verb, present, 1st person singular of cloy (infinitive).
- cloy, verb (infinitive).
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