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clobber1 vb (tr) Slang 1. to beat or batter 2. to defeat utterly 3. to criticize severely [of unknown origin] clobber2 n Brit slang personal belongings, such as clothes and accessories [of unknown origin] clobber3 vb (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) (tr) to paint over existing decoration on (pottery) [C19 (originally in the sense: to patch up): of uncertain origin; perhaps related to clobber2] Clobber belongings; personal clothes and goods. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
clobber1 verb (Informal) batter, beat, assault, smash, bash (informal), lash, thrash, pound, beat up (informal), wallop (informal), pummel, rough up (informal), lambast(e), belabour, duff up (informal) She clobbered him with a vase. clobber2 noun (Brit. informal) belongings, things, effects, property, stuff, gear, possessions, paraphernalia, accoutrements, chattels His house is filled with a load of old clobber. Translations clobber (inf) vt (= hit, defeat) to get clobbered → eins übergebraten kriegen (inf); to clobber somebody one → jdm ein paar vor den Latz knallen (inf) (= charge a lot) → schröpfen; the taxman really clobbered me → das Finanzamt hat mir ganz schön was abgeknöpft (inf) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| There are a number of variations on this theme--in one comic, Krazy Kat hangs a portrait of Ignatz Mouse on the wall; the portrait clobbers Krazy Kat with a brick; whereupon Officer Bull Pulp paints bars on the portrait. I have a feeling Julia would clobber me at Scrabble, but I don't mind. One of the things we learned while working with our high-volume clients is that very large outbound email campaigns can clobber a database server just from handling bounces, clickthroughs and unsubscribe requests. |
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