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clobber
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun clobber has 1 sense
- clobber(n = noun.possession) stuff - informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?" is a kind of personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property
Verb clobber has 2 senses
- clobber(v = verb.contact) baste, batter - strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" is one way to beat, beat up, work over
- clobber(v = verb.contact) bat, cream, drub, lick, thrash - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentence:
They want to clobber the prisoners
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to clobber his opponent
CIDE DICTIONARY
clobber, n.
personal possessions; -- an informal term; as, did you take all your clobber?. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
clobber, n. Brit. sl. clothing or personal belongings.
clobber, v.tr. sl.
1 hit repeatedly; beat up.
2 defeat.
3 criticize severely.
1 hit repeatedly; beat up.
2 defeat.
3 criticize severely.
Etymology
20th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
clobber
bang, bash, bat, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, belt, best, biff, blank, blast, bonk, bulldoze, clap, clip, clout, clump, coldcock, crack, cream, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, defeat, defeat utterly, drub, fetch, fetch a blow, hit, hit a clip, jab, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, lambaste, let have it, lick, overbear, overwhelm, paste, plunk, poke, punch, schmear, shellac, shut out, skin, skunk, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, smear, smite, smother, snap, snow under, soak, sock, steamroller, strike, strike at, swat, swipe, take the cake, thrash, thump, thwack, trim, triumph, trounce, wallop, whack, wham, whelm, whitewash, whomp, whop, win, worst, yerk
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