clobber (redirected from clobbers)

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.

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[Origin unknown.]

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clobber¹

vb (tr) Slang

1. to beat or batter

2. to defeat utterly

3. to criticize severely

[of unknown origin]

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clobber²

n

Brit slang personal belongings, such as clothes and accessories

[of unknown origin]

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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]

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Clobber belongings; personal clothes and goods.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	clobber - informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?" stuff personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property - movable property (as distinguished from real estate)
Verb	1.	clobber - strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" baste, batter 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!" drub, lick, cream, bat, thrash 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

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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.

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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 [ˈklɒbəʳ]

A. N

1. (= clothes) → ropa f, traje m

2. (Brit) (= gear) → bártulos mpl, trastos mpl (Sp)

B. VT

1. (= defeat) → cascar

2. (= beat up) → dar una paliza a

clobber [ˈklɒbə^r]

n (British) (= gear) → barda m >

vt

(= hit) → frapper

(= adversely affect) to be clobbered by sth → être mis(e) à mal par qch

clobber (inf)

n (Brit: = belongings) → Zeug nt (inf); (= clothes) → Klamotten pl (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)

clobber [ˈklɒbəʳ] (fam)

1. n

a. (belongings) → roba

2. vt

a. (hit) → pestare

b. (defeat) → dare una batosta a, battere

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clobber [ˈklɒbəʳ] (fam)

1. n

a. (belongings) → roba

2. vt

a. (hit) → pestare

b. (defeat) → dare una batosta a, battere