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verb
- 1. hit (someone) hard: informal "if he does that I'll clobber him!"
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CLOBBER definition: 1. to hit someone or something hard and repeatedly: 2. to punish someone: 3. to harm someone…. Learn more.
1. : to pound mercilessly. also : to hit with force. clobber a home run. 2. a. : to defeat overwhelmingly. b. : to have a strongly negative impact on. businesses clobbered by the recession. c. : to criticize harshly. Synonyms.
Definition of 'clobber' Word Frequency. clobber. (klɒbəʳ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense clobbers , present participle clobbering , past tense, past participle clobbered. 1. uncountable noun. You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber. [British, informal]
Clobber definition: to batter severely; strike heavily. See examples of CLOBBER used in a sentence.
To clobber is to beat up or to defeat soundly in a game. You can say your favorite baseball team clobbers the competition if they win with a score of 10 to 0. When a boxer knocks out his adversary he clobbers him, and a bully clobbers his victim by punching him repeatedly.
Definition of clobber verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to batter severely; strike heavily. 2. to defeat decisively; drub; trounce.
to hit someone. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. clobber verb [T] (AFFECT) to affect someone very badly: This policy has clobbered people on low incomes.
Jun 2, 2024 · clobber (third-person singular simple present clobbers, present participle clobbering, simple past and past participle clobbered) ( transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
Slang Terms to batter severely; strike heavily: He tried to clobber me with his club. Slang Terms to defeat decisively; drub; trounce. Slang Terms to denounce or criticize vigorously. origin, originally uncertain 1940–45, American. 2. whip, thrash, lick. clob•ber2 (klob′ ər), n. [ Brit., Australian Slang.]
