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• Clobber (disambiguation) — Clobber may refer to: Clobber, an abstract strategy game Clobber (cards), a trick based card game Clobbering, a computer term for overwriting (often accidentally) Clobber (aircraft), the NATO code name for Yakovlev Yak 42 aircraft Clobber… …   Wikipedia

• 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 — 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 — [[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 — clobber1 /klob euhr/, v.t. Slang. 1. to batter severely; strike heavily: He tried to clobber me with his club. 2. to defeat decisively; drub; trounce. 3. to denounce or criticize vigorously. [1940 45, Amer.; orig. uncert.] Syn. 2. whip, thrash,… …   Universalium

• 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

• clobber — tv. to strike someone; to beat someone; to outscore someone. □ I ought to clobber you, but good. □ She clobbered him over the head with her bouquet …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• clobber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t., slang, pummel, punish; defeat. See impulse, success. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. punch, pound, beat, wallop, pummel, hit, strike, belt, drub, thrash, *slug, *sock. III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …   English dictionary for students

• clobber — clob·ber || klÉ’bÉ™ v. defeat, smash, pound mercilessly; paint over a decoration, cover a decoration with paint …   English contemporary dictionary

• clobber — Noun. Clothes and personal belongings. Informal Verb. To hit. E.g. I clobbered him over the head with a pool cue and made a break for the exit …   English slang and colloquialisms