clobber
pronunciation
How to pronounce clobber in British English:
UK [ˈklɒbə(r)]
How to pronounce clobber in American English:
US [ˈklɑbə(r)]
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- Noun:
- informal terms for personal possessions
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- Verb:
- strike violently and repeatedly
- beat thoroughly in a competition or fight
Word Origin
- clobber (v.)
- 1941, British air force slang, probably related to bombing; possibly echoic. Related: Clobbered; clobbering. In late 19c. British slang the word principally had to do with clothing, as in clobber (n.) "clothes," (v.) "to dress smartly;" clobber up "to patch old clothes for reuse."
Example
- 1. Second , it makes no sense to clobber global firms active in the city .
- 2. The skew means a problem that is moderate in absolute terms could still clobber big parts of the system .
- 3. We recognised each other immediately by the amount of clobber we were carrying compared to everyone else on bicycles .
- 4. Most opinion polls suggest that his mildly islamist justice and development party ( akp ) will clobber its opponents yet again .
- 5. For so many reasons , we can 't afford to kill responsible domestic energy production or clobber every american consumer with higher prices .