clobber
verb /ˈklɒbə(r)/
/ˈklɑːbər/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they clobber | /ˈklɒbə(r)/ /ˈklɑːbər/ |
| he / she / it clobbers | /ˈklɒbəz/ /ˈklɑːbərz/ |
| past simple clobbered | /ˈklɒbəd/ /ˈklɑːbərd/ |
| past participle clobbered | /ˈklɒbəd/ /ˈklɑːbərd/ |
| -ing form clobbering | /ˈklɒbərɪŋ/ /ˈklɑːbərɪŋ/ |
- clobber somebody to hit somebody very hard
- If you do that again, I’ll clobber you!
- [often passive] to affect somebody badly or to punish them, especially by making them lose money
- be/get clobbered (with something) The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds.
- [usually passive] to defeat somebody completely
- be/get clobbered We got clobbered in the game on Saturday.
Word Originverb Second World War (apparently air force slang): of unknown origin.