clobber

clobber
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  • clobber — n. personal possessions; an informal term; as, did you take all your clobber?. Syn: stuff. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • clobber — (v.) 1941, British air force slang, probably related to bombing; possibly echoic. Related: Clobbered; clobbering. In late 19c. British slang the word principally had to do with clothing, e.g. clobber (n.) clothes, (v.) to dress smartly; clobber… …   Etymology dictionary

  • clobber — [v] hit, beat belt, blast, drub, lambaste*, lick, shellac*, slam, slug, smash, smear, smother, thrash, trim, wallop, whip; concepts 189,252 …   New thesaurus

  • clobber — ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ clothing and personal belongings. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • clobber — clobber1 [kläb′ər] vt. [< ?] Slang 1. a) to beat or hit repeatedly; maul b) to strike with great force 2. to defeat decisively clobber2 [kläb′ər] n. [Brit. Slang] Brit. Slang …   English World dictionary

  • Clobber — For other uses, see Clobber (disambiguation). Clobber is an abstract strategy game invented in 2001 by combinatorial game theorists Michael H. Albert, J.P. Grossman and Richard Nowakowski. It has subsequently been studied by Elwyn Berlekamp and… …   Wikipedia

  • clobber — 1 verb (T) informal 1 to hit someone very hard: I ll clobber you if you say that again. 2 to defeat someone very easily in a way that is embarrassing for the team that loses: The Dallas Cowboys clobbered the Buffalo Bills last night. 3 to affect… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • clobber — clob|ber1 [ˈklɔbə US ˈkla:bər] v [T] informal 1.) to hit someone very hard 2.) to affect or punish someone or something badly, especially by making them lose money ▪ The paper got clobbered for libel. ▪ The company has been clobbered by falling… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • clobber — [[t]klɒ̱bə(r)[/t]] clobbers, clobbering, clobbered 1) N UNCOUNT You can refer to someone s possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber. [BRIT, INFORMAL] 2) VERB If you clobber someone, you hit them. [INFORMAL] [V n] Hillary clobbered… …   English dictionary

  • clobber — I UK [ˈklɒbə(r)] / US [ˈklɑbər] verb [transitive] Word forms clobber : present tense I/you/we/they clobber he/she/it clobbers present participle clobbering past tense clobbered past participle clobbered informal 1) to defeat someone easily 2) to… …   English dictionary

  • clobber — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1879 slang British clothes 1 II. transitive verb (clobbered; clobbering) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1943 1. to pound mercilessly; …   New Collegiate Dictionary


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