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clout 1
(klout)n. Chiefly Midland US
A piece of cloth, especially a baby's diaper.
[Middle English, cloth patch, shred of clothing, probably from Old English clūt.]
clout 2
(klout)n.
1.
a. Influence; pull: "Doctors have banded together into large negotiating groups in efforts to increase their clout" (George Anders).
b. Power; muscle.
2. A blow, especially with the fist.
3.
a. Baseball A long powerful hit.
b. Sports An archery target.
tr.v. clout·ed, clout·ing, clouts
To hit, especially with the fist.
[Middle English, back of the hand, slap, probably from clout, cloth patch, metal plate, fragment; see clout1.]
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clout
(klaʊt)n
1. informal a blow with the hand or a hard object
2. power or influence, esp in politics
3. (Archery) archery
a. the target used in long-distance shooting
b. the centre of this target
c. a shot that hits the centre
4. (Building) Also called: clout nail a short flat-headed nail used esp for attaching sheet metal to wood
5. dialect
a. a piece of cloth: a dish clout.
b. a garment
c. a patch
vb (tr)
6. informal to give a hard blow to, esp with the hand
7. (Knitting & Sewing) to patch with a piece of cloth or leather
[Old English clūt piece of metal or cloth, clūtian to patch (C14: to strike with the hand); related to Dutch kluit a lump, and to clod]
ˈclouter n
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clout
(klaʊt)n.
1. a blow, esp. with the hand.
2. influence; pull.
3. a long hit in baseball.
4. the mark or target shot at in archery, esp. in long-distance shooting.
5. Dial. a piece of cloth.
v.t. 6. to hit or cuff.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English clūt piece of cloth or metal, c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German klūte, Old Norse klūtr]
clout′er, n.
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Noun | 1. | clout - a target used in archery |
2. | clout - special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull" | |
3. | clout - a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood nail - a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener | |
4. | clout - (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" knockout punch, KO punch, Sunday punch, haymaker - a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing hook - a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent jab - a quick short straight punch rabbit punch - a short chopping blow to the back of the neck sucker punch - an unexpected punch blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head" | |
Verb | 1. | clout - strike hard, especially with the fist; "He clouted his attacker" strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead" |
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clout
(Informal)verb
noun
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clout
noun1. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke:
2. Informal. The power to produce an effect by indirect means:
Slang: pull.
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Translations
iskulyödälyöntiprikkarätti
clout
1 [klaʊt]A. N
1. (= blow) → tortazo m
2. (= influence, power) → influencia f, peso m, palanca f (LAm)
clout
2 [klaʊt] N ne'er cast a clout till May be out → hasta el cuarenta de mayo no te quites el sayoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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clout
n
(inf: = blow) → Schlag m; to give somebody a clout → jdm eine runterhauen (inf); to give something a clout → auf etw (acc) → schlagen or hauen (inf); to give somebody a clout round the ears → jdm eine Ohrfeige geben (inf); to give oneself a clout on the knee, to give one’s knee a clout → sich (dat) → aufs Knie hauen (inf); (against door etc) → sich (dat) → das Knie (an)stoßen or anschlagen
(political, industrial) → Schlagkraft f
vt (inf) → schlagen, hauen (inf); to clout somebody one → jdm eine runterhauen (inf) → or eins verpassen (inf)
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