Meaning & use
Clot
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A thickened, semi-solid mass formed from a liquid, especially clumped blood; or, informally in British English, a foolish or clumsy person.
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The doctor was concerned about a blood clot forming in her leg.
Don't be such a clot — you nearly dropped the whole tray!
A note on using this word
The medical sense (a clump of coagulated blood) and the British insult sense ('you clot!') come from the same root but developed along very different paths.
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2. noun
British informal: a foolish or clumsy person.
He forgot his keys again — what a clot!
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