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  2. Clever Hans - Wikipedia

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    Clever Hans (German: der Kluge Hans; c. 1895 – c. 1916) was a horse that was claimed to have performed arithmetic and other intellectual tasks. After a formal investigation in 1907, psychologist Oskar Pfungst demonstrated that the horse was not actually performing these mental tasks, but was watching the reactions of his trainer.

  3. Cleaver - Wikipedia

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    A cleaver in use, being used to cut pork chops from a loin of pork. A cleaver is a large knife that varies in its shape but usually resembles a rectangular-bladed hatchet. It is largely used as a kitchen or butcher knife and is mostly intended for splitting up large pieces of soft bones and slashing through thick pieces of meat.

  4. Cleverman - Wikipedia

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    A cleverman is a traditional healer and keeper of culture in many Aboriginal cultures of Australia. [1] The roles, terms for, and abilities of a cleverman vary between different Aboriginal nations. Some clevermen heal bodily injuries and illnesses, while others heal spiritual ailments. They heal using plants, songs, and spiritual knowledge.

  5. Wit - Wikipedia

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    Wit. Look up wit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "The feast of reason..." — James Gillray (1797) Wit is a form of intelligent humour —the ability to say or write things that are clever and typically funny. [1] Someone witty is a person who is skilled at making clever and funny remarks. [1] [2] Forms of wit include the quip, repartee ...

  6. Clever - Wikipedia

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    Clever Lara (born 1952), Uruguayan artist; Surname. Charles P. Clever (1830–1874), American politician; Edith Clever (born 1940), German actress; Todd Clever (born 1983), American rugby union player; Willy Clever (1905–1969), German actor and screenwriter; Other uses. Clever, Missouri, a city; CLEVER, a three-wheeled prototype vehicle

  7. Word play - Wikipedia

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    Word play or wordplay [1] (also: play-on-words) is a literary technique and a form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement. Examples of word play include puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly ...

  8. Adjective - Wikipedia

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    A clever new idea. Eine klug ausgereifte Idee. A cleverly developed idea. A German word like klug ("clever(ly)") takes endings when used as an attributive adjective but not when used adverbially. Whether these are distinct parts of speech or distinct usages of the same part of speech is a question of analysis.

  9. CleverTap - Wikipedia

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    CleverTap. CleverTap is a California-based SaaS company that offers customer lifecycle management and mobile marketing services. The company was established in May 2013, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. [1] CleverTap's platform is built on a database designed to optimize both speed and scalability, enhancing user engagement ...