Definition of cleg in English:

cleg

noun klɛɡklɛɡ

British

another term for horsefly
Example sentencesExamples
- The clegs were in good form tonight, and they were proving annoying so I sprayed on Skin So Soft.
- But most of the walk was a weary exercise in plodding along the old military road, warily eyeing up the murky clouds while midges attacked me and clegs took chunks out of my legs.
- The heat was great, and the clegs and other flying torments were having a grand time at our expense.
- He reminded his frantically puffing audience that smoking was a well-known antidote to the predations of the great horse fly, or cleg.
- On Sunday I was bitten three times by clegs.
- Usually they are called clegs, horse-flies or gad-flies, without referring to one specific species.
- It is, of course, the midges and the clegs who present the major problem to the Scottish naturist.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old Norse kleggi.

Rhymes

beg, egg, Eigg, Greg, keg, leg, Meg, peg, skeg, teg, yegg

Definition of cleg in US English:

cleg

nounkleɡklɛɡ

British

another term for horsefly
Example sentencesExamples
- But most of the walk was a weary exercise in plodding along the old military road, warily eyeing up the murky clouds while midges attacked me and clegs took chunks out of my legs.
- It is, of course, the midges and the clegs who present the major problem to the Scottish naturist.
- He reminded his frantically puffing audience that smoking was a well-known antidote to the predations of the great horse fly, or cleg.
- Usually they are called clegs, horse-flies or gad-flies, without referring to one specific species.
- The heat was great, and the clegs and other flying torments were having a grand time at our expense.
- On Sunday I was bitten three times by clegs.
- The clegs were in good form tonight, and they were proving annoying so I sprayed on Skin So Soft.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old Norse kleggi.

单词	cleg
释义	Definition of cleg in English: cleg noun klɛɡklɛɡ British another term for horsefly Example sentencesExamples The clegs were in good form tonight, and they were proving annoying so I sprayed on Skin So Soft. But most of the walk was a weary exercise in plodding along the old military road, warily eyeing up the murky clouds while midges attacked me and clegs took chunks out of my legs. The heat was great, and the clegs and other flying torments were having a grand time at our expense. He reminded his frantically puffing audience that smoking was a well-known antidote to the predations of the great horse fly, or cleg. On Sunday I was bitten three times by clegs. Usually they are called clegs, horse-flies or gad-flies, without referring to one specific species. It is, of course, the midges and the clegs who present the major problem to the Scottish naturist. Origin Late Middle English: from Old Norse kleggi. Rhymes beg, egg, Eigg, Greg, keg, leg, Meg, peg, skeg, teg, yegg Definition of cleg in US English: cleg nounkleɡklɛɡ British another term for horsefly Example sentencesExamples But most of the walk was a weary exercise in plodding along the old military road, warily eyeing up the murky clouds while midges attacked me and clegs took chunks out of my legs. It is, of course, the midges and the clegs who present the major problem to the Scottish naturist. He reminded his frantically puffing audience that smoking was a well-known antidote to the predations of the great horse fly, or cleg. Usually they are called clegs, horse-flies or gad-flies, without referring to one specific species. The heat was great, and the clegs and other flying torments were having a grand time at our expense. On Sunday I was bitten three times by clegs. The clegs were in good form tonight, and they were proving annoying so I sprayed on Skin So Soft. Origin Late Middle English: from Old Norse kleggi.
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