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clobber

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clob·ber  (klbr)
tr.v. clob·bered, clob·ber·ing, clob·bers Slang
1. To strike violently and repeatedly; batter or maul.
2. To defeat decisively.
3. To criticize harshly.

[Origin unknown.]

clobber 1
Verb
Informal
1. to batter
2. to defeat utterly
3. to criticize severely [origin unknown]

clobber 2
Noun
Brit, Austral & NZ informal personal belongings, such as clothes [origin unknown]

Clobber belongings; personal clothes and goods.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.clobber - informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?"
personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property - movable property (as distinguished from real estate)
Verb1.clobber - strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
2.clobber - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
flail, thrash, lam, thresh - give a thrashing to; beat hard

clobber 1
verb (Slang) batter, beat, assault, smash, bash (informal) lash, thrash, pound, beat up (informal) wallop (informal) pummel, rough up (informal) lambast(e), belabour, duff up (informal) beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)

clobber 2
noun Brit. (slang) belongings, things, effects, property, stuff, gear, possessions, paraphernalia, accoutrements, chattels
Translations
Spanish clobber [ˈklɔbəʳ] n (col) → bártulos mpl; trastos mpl
vtdar una paliza a

German clobber [ˈklɔbəʳ] (inf) nKlamotten pl
vt (hit) → hauen, schlagen;
(defeat) → in die Pfanne hauen

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