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clobber1 verbclobber2 noun clobberclob‧ber1 /ˈklɒbə $ ˈklɑːbər/ verb [transitive] informal VERB TABLEclobber |
Present | I, you, we, they | clobber | | he, she, it | clobbers | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | clobbered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have clobbered | | he, she, it | has clobbered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had clobbered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will clobber | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have clobbered |
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Present | I | am clobbering | | he, she, it | is clobbering | | you, we, they | are clobbering | Past | I, he, she, it | was clobbering | | you, we, they | were clobbering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been clobbering | | he, she, it | has been clobbering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been clobbering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be clobbering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been clobbering |
- He got clobbered by a kid on the playground.
- The kids are bored, and have nothing to do but clobber each other.
- The Lakers clobbered the Jazz, 83 to 66.
- We got clobbered last year by rising production costs.
- A summer jump in ad sales was clobbered by Black Wednesday.
- And as the electric industry is deregulated and marches toward increased competition, inefficient utilities could get clobbered.
- And Kinnock tells us we are being clobbered unduly because we shall pay £600 next year!
- Boy, do you feel alone when you get clobbered.
- Circumstantial evidence, I know, but evidence that strongly suggests that the engineer was clobbered by a heavy metallic instrument.
- John Smith was now committed to clobbering the poor by reversing their tax cut as soon as Labour got in.
- Manage diversity, trainers preached, or risk getting clobbered in the global marketplace of the 21st century.
- Meanwhile, several Parnassus holdings were clobbered by disappointing earnings or other problems.
to beat someone very easily in a game, competition, election etc► crush/slaughter/massacre/annihilate informal to completely beat someone in a game, competition, election etc: · Wow, the Raiders just slaughtered the Seahawks again.· The party strategy was to form an alliance to crush the communists. ► clobber/hammer informal also cream American spoken to beat someone very easily in a game, competition, election etc: · We've been clobbered twice now by Central High's basketball team.· Chicago hammered Boston in an away game on Saturday.· "How'd the game go?" "We creamed 'em!" ► rout especially British to beat an opposing team or political party easily and completely: · The Australians have once again routed the English cricket team. ► wipe the floor with somebody informal to defeat someone completely in an argument or competition: · I'd think twice before I started a fight with him - he'd wipe the floor with me! ► outplay to play much better than an opponent or team in a game and beat them easily: · Ohio outplayed Michigan, especially in the fourth quarter, winning by 14 points. to hit someone deliberately► hit to hit someone with your hand or with something that you are holding in your hand: · Dad! Peter keeps hitting me!hit with: · The victim had been hit with a baseball bat.hit somebody on the nose/in the stomach/over the head etc: · There was a fight, and someone had hit him over the head with a chair.hit somebody hard (=with a lot of force): · He hit him hard in the stomach.hit somebody back (=to hit someone when they have hit you): · Don't hit him, he'll only hit you back. ► punch also slug informal to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight or because you are angry: · The woman claimed that she had been punched and kicked by one of the policemen.· The actor slugged a photographer who got too close.punch somebody on the nose/in the eye/in the chest etc: · Dean punched her in the ribs and pushed her against the wall. ► slap to hit someone, especially on their face, with the flat part of your open hand: · I was so angry I wanted to slap him.slap somebody across the face: · She slapped him across the face and stormed out of the room.slap somebody's face: · Dora slapped his face and ran home. ► strike formal to hit someone, especially on a particular part of their body: · Her husband had never struck her before.strike with: · Evidence shows that the victim had been struck several times with an iron bar.strike somebody on the head/in the stomach etc: · The court heard that the defendant had struck Payne repeatedly in the face, causing serious bruising. ► throw a punch to hit or try to hit someone very hard with a closed hand in a fight: · Rogers threw a punch at Martin.· Foreman, once the World Heavyweight Champion, says 'I never throw a punch in anger.' ► whack informal to hit someone hard, with your hand or with an object: · If he said anything like that to me, I'd whack him! ► thump informal to hit someone very hard with your closed hand, especially on their body rather than on their face or head: · Mike thumped Stephanie's back several times to stop her choking. ► bash spoken to hit someone hard, especially in a fight: bash somebody's head/face/teeth etc in: · I told him I'd bash his head in if he ever touched her again. ► clobber spoken to hit someone very hard, either with your hand or with a hard object: · The kids are bored, and have nothing to do but clobber each other. 1to hit someone very hard2to affect or punish someone or something badly, especially by making them lose money: The paper got clobbered for libel. The company has been clobbered by falling property prices.3to defeat someone very easily in a way that is embarrassing for the team that loses: The Dallas Cowboys clobbered the Buffalo Bills last night. |