different between clever vs milkshake

English

Etymology

From East Anglian dialectal English cliver (“expert at seizing”), from Middle English cliver (“tenacious”), perhaps from Old English *clifer, clibbor (“clinging”), or perhaps from East Frisian (compare Saterland Frisian kluftich), or dialectal Norwegian klover (“ready, skillful”); possibly influenced by Old English clifer (“claw, hand”). Related to cleave. Perhaps influenced by Welsh celfydd (“talented, dexterous, expert”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?kl?v?/
• Rhymes: -?v?(r)
• Hyphenation: clev?er

Adjective

clever (comparative cleverer or more clever, superlative cleverest or most clever)

1. Nimble with hands or body; skillful; adept.
   • a. 1898, Francis James Child (collator), Child's Ballads, 198: "Bonny John Seton",

     The Highland men, they're clever men / At handling sword and shield,

2. Resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning.
   • 1890, Joseph Jacobs (collator), Molly Whuppie, English Fairy Tales,

     The youngest of the three strange lassies was called Molly Whuppie, and she was very clever. She noticed that before they went to bed the giant put straw ropes round her neck and her sisters', and round his own lassies' necks, he put gold chains. So Molly took care and did not fall asleep, but waited till she was sure every one was sleeping sound. Then she slipped out of the bed, and took the straw ropes off her own and her sisters' necks, and took the gold chains off the giant's lassies. She then put the straw ropes on the giant's lassies and the gold on herself and her sisters, and lay down.
3. Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.
   • 19th c, Charles Kingsley, A Farewell,

     Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; / Do noble things, not dream them all day long: / And so make life, death, and that vast forever / One grand, sweet song.

   • 1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett (translator), The Brothers Karamazov, Book V, Chapter 7: "It's Always Worth While Speaking to a Clever Man",

     I would have sent Alyosha, but what use is Alyosha in a thing like that? I send you just because you are a clever fellow. Do you suppose I don't see that? You know nothing about timber, but you've got an eye.

4. Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.
5. (anthropology, of an Aboriginal Australian) Possessing magical abilities.
   • 1904, Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, Vol. XXXVIII, page 255,

     When a clever man is out hunting and comes across the tracks of, say, a kangaroo, he follows them along and talks to the footprints all the time for the purpose of injecting magic into the animal which made them.

   • 1947, Oceania, Volumes 16-17, page 330,

     Prior to this, the two women, who were “clever,” and possessed a certain amount of magical “power,” […] .
6. (obsolete) Fit; suitable; having propriety.
   • 18th c, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope (later lines), Imitation of Horace, 1852, Charles Knight (collator), Half-hours with the Best Authors, Volume 4, page 188,

     I can't but think 'twould sound more clever, / To me and to my heirs forever.

7. (obsolete) Well-shaped; handsome.
   • 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull, Undated modern edition, Library of Alexandria, unnumbered page,

     The girl was a tight, clever wench as any was.

8. (US, dated) Good-natured; obliging.
9. (Britain, colloquial) Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness.

Synonyms

• (smart, intelligent or witty): quick-witted, sharp-witted
  • See also Thesaurus:intelligent
• (resourceful, perhaps cunning): cunning, street-smart
• (nimble or skillful): adroit, talented
• (showing inventiveness): ingenious
• (possessing magical powers): magical

Antonyms

• (smart, intelligent or witty): dull, stupid
• (resourceful, perhaps cunning): ineffectual, naive
• (nimble or skillful): clumsy
• (showing inventiveness):
• (possessing magical powers): natural

Derived terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• clever in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• clever in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• clever at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Clerve

German

Etymology

From English clever.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kl?v?]
• Hyphenation: cle?ver

Adjective

clever (comparative cleverer or clevrer, superlative am cleversten)

1. clever

Declension

Further reading

• “clever” in Duden online

Middle English

Noun

clever

1. Alternative form of clevere

English

Etymology

milk +? shake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m??k.?e?k]

Noun

milkshake (plural milkshakes)

1. A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
2. (New England, Australia, New Zealand) A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.
3. A beverage consisting of fruit juice, water, and some milk, as served in Southeast Asia.
4. (mechanics, informal) Accidental emulsion of oil and water in an engine.

   This milkshake under the oil cap, or on the dipstick, indicates a blown head gasket.

5. (slang, horse racing) An alkaline supplement administered to a horse to improve its racing performance.

Synonyms

• (thick beverage): frappe (New England), cabinet (Rhode Island), thickshake (Australia, New Zealand)

Translations

Verb

milkshake (third-person singular simple present milkshakes, present participle milkshaking, simple past and past participle milkshaked)

1. (transitive, slang, horse racing) To administer an alkaline supplement to (a horse) to improve its racing performance.
2. (transitive, informal, neologism) To throw a milkshake at (a person).

See also

• frappe
• coffee cabinet
• malt
• malted milk
• milkshake duck

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English milkshake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?lk.?e?k/
• Hyphenation: milk?shake

Noun

milkshake m (plural milkshakes, diminutive milkshakeje n)

1. milkshake

French

Alternative forms

• milk-shake

Etymology

Borrowed from English milkshake

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /milk.??k/

Noun

milkshake m (plural milkshakes)

1. milkshake

Synonyms

• lait frappé (Quebec)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English milkshake

Noun

milkshake m (definite singular milkshaken, indefinite plural milkshaker, definite plural milkshakene)

1. a milkshake

References

• “milkshake” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English milkshake

Noun

milkshake m (definite singular milkshaken, indefinite plural milkshakar, definite plural milkshakane)

1. a milkshake

References

• “milkshake” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English milkshake.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?miwk.??ejk/, /?miw.ki.??ej.ki/

Noun

milkshake m (plural milkshakes)

1. milkshake (milk and ice cream beverage)