isn’t worth much in this neighborhood. 2.
mod. first-rate; high-class. I’ve always
regarded the firm as a class outfit. This
was a class suburb just a few years ago.class actn. a high-quality act; a high-qual-
ity way of doing things. I like the way
you move on the field, Jerry. It’s a real class
act. The prof puts on a real class act, but
he grades very hard.
classis-chassis and classy-chassy
[“klAsi”tSAsi and “klAsi”SAsi] n. an at-
tractive female figure. Who’s the clas-
sis-chassis in the mink? Now there is a
classy-chassy if I ever saw one.
classymod. elegant; dandy. Pretty classy
place you got here. How much does a
classy car like this cost?
classy-chassyGo to classis-chassis.
clayn. good-quality hashish. (Drugs.) I
like the feel of this clay. I’ll take it. Ask
John where you can dig up some clay.
clay pigeonn. a gullible person; a pigeon.
(Underworld.) We need a clay pigeon to
divert attention from the snatch. Who’s
gonna be the clay pigeon for the bank
caper?
clean 1. mod. not using drugs; not involved
with drugs. There’s a success story. Kelly
is one clean guy if I ever saw one. I’ve
been clean for more than a month now. 2.
mod. sober; not intoxicated with drugs at
the moment. (Almost the same as sense
1.) He’s clean right now, but he’ll get the
call in an hour or two. Just being clean
for a day is an accomplishment. 3. mod.
not breaking any law. (Police and under-
world.) I’m clean, officer. You can’t
charge me with anything. This guy is
clean. Let him go. 4. mod. not carrying a
weapon. (Police and underworld.) I
frisked him. He’s clean. Bugsy’s gang
was clean except for Bugsy himself who
had a small pistol. 5. mod. well-dressed.
Now there’s a clean dude! New
threads, huh? Clean, baby, clean!
clean-cutmod. [of a person] neat and tidy.
He’s a very clean-cut guy, and polite too.
He’s sort of clean-cut looking, but with
bushy hair.
cleaned out 1. mod. broke; with no
money. I’m cleaned out. Not a cent left.
Tom’s cleaned out. He’s broke. He’ll have
to go home. 2. mod. with one’s digestive
tract emptied. That medicine really left
me cleaned out. I feel better now that
I’m cleaned out.
clean one’s act uptv. to reform one’s con-
duct; to improve one’s performance.
We were told to clean our act up or move
out. TI cleaned up my act, but not in
time. I got kicked out.
clean someone out 1. tv. to get all of
someone’s money. (See also cleaned
out.) The bill for supper cleaned me out,
and we couldn’t go to the f lick. TThe rob-
bers cleaned out everybody on the train.- tv. to empty someone’s bowels. (See
also cleaned out.) That medicine I took
really cleaned me out. A couple of those
little burgers will clean me out.
clean sweepn. a broad movement clear-
ing or affecting everything in the path-
way. (Usually figurative.) The boss and
everybody in the front office got canned in
a clean sweep from upstairs. Everybody
got a raise. It was a clean sweep.
clean up (on something)in. to make a lot
of money on something. The promot-
ers cleaned up on the product. If we ad-
vertise, we can clean up.
clear 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. Man,
is she ever clear! He was clear, you know,
polluted. 2. mod. [of liquor] undiluted;
neat. No soda. Clear, please. I like
mine clear with just one ice cube. 3. tv. to
earn a specific net amount of money.
She cleared a cool forty thousand on that
Wilson deal. We just want to clear a de-
cent profit. Nothing greedy.
clear as mudmod. not clear at all. (Often
with as.) All of this is clear as mud to
me. I did all the reading, but it’s still as
clear as mud.
clear as vodka 1. mod. very clear. The
weather is as clear as vodka. The river
wasn’t exactly as clear as vodka because it
had just rained. 2. mod. very under-
standable. Everything he said is as clear
as vodka. I don’t understand what John
clear as vodka