clot
Pronunciation: (klot), [key]
— n., v., clot•ted, clot•ting.
—n.
- a mass or lump.
- a semisolid mass, as of coagulated blood.
- a small compact group of individuals: a clot of sightseers massed at the entrance.
- blockhead, dolt, clod.
—v.i.
- to form into clots; coagulate.
—v.t.
- to cause to clot.
- to cover with clots: Carefully aimed snowballs clotted the house.
- to cause to become blocked or obscured: to clot the book's narrative with too many characters.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.