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Verb: clobber kló-bu(r) Usage: informal
- Strike violently and repeatedly
"She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"; - baste, batter - Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
"We clobbered the other team on Sunday!"; - cream [informal], bat, drub, thrash [informal], lick [informal], marmalise [Brit, informal], marmelize [Brit, informal], marmelise [Brit, informal], wipe the floor [informal], paste [informal], beat hollow [informal], whale [N. Amer, informal], marmalize [Brit, informal], smoke [N. Amer, informal], hammer [informal], muller [Brit, informal], blow away [informal], slaughter [informal], tromp [N. Amer, informal], trounce Noun: clobber kló-bu(r) Usage: Brit, informal
- A person's movable possessions
"did you take all your clobber?"; - personal property, personal estate, personalty [formal], private property, belongings, stuff [informal]
Derived forms: clobbers, clobbering, clobbered Type of: beat, beat out, beat up, belongings, crush, holding, property, shell, trounce, vanquish, work over Encyclopedia: Clobber |