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Meaning of clabber up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To become sour or curdled
  2. To turn sour; to become unpleasant
  3. To look (as clouds gather, etc) like rain is imminent.

Examples

“the weather's clabbering up to rain; the clouds are clabbering up”
“"You mean a storm's clabbering up."”
“"[It's] clabbering up to rain, looks like," he muttered,[…]”
“... clouds began clabbering up on the south-western horizon, and the sky became more and more lowery. It seemed likely that something dramatic might happen, so late in the afternoon I put on my bathing suit, told Beth to close the[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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