cloutverb [ T ]
uk/klaʊt/us/klaʊt/informalto hit someone or something with the hand or with a heavy object:
Quigley clouted me smartly across the side of the head.
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Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- deck
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pasting
- pound
- pummel
- put the boot in idiom
- swing
- thump
- whack
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cloutnoun
uk/klaʊt/us/klaʊt/clout noun (POWER)
[ U ] power and influence over other people or events:
The Queen may have privilege but she has no real political clout.
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Power and intensity
- ascendant
- be (as) solid as a rock idiom
- beef
- brunt
- cast iron
- depth
- durable
- intensity
- invincible
- invulnerable
- kick-ass
- mother
- pack
- richness
- robust
- strength
- the mother of all sth idiom
- tough
- vehement
- vigour
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clout noun (HIT)
[ C ] informal the act of hitting someone or something with your hand or with a heavy object:
If the photocopier stops working, just give it a clout.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- deck
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pasting
- pound
- pummel
- put the boot in idiom
- swing
- thump
- whack
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