clobber

noun

clob·ber | \ ˈklä-bər

Definition of clobber

(Entry 1 of 2)

slang, British

: clothes sense 1

clobber

verb

clobbered; clobbering\ ˈklä-b(ə-)riŋ

Definition of clobber (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

1 : to pound mercilessly also : to hit with force clobber a home run

2a : to defeat overwhelmingly

b : to have a strongly negative impact on businesses clobbered by the recession

c : to criticize harshly

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Examples of clobber in a Sentence

Noun

Just dump your clobber anywhere. still wearing the same clobber he wore as an undergrad at Cambridge

Verb

If you say anything I'll clobber you. We clobbered them in our last game. Businesses are being clobbered by the bad economy.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Because this amount was not indexed to inflation, the AMT clobbers more people each year. — Kathleen Pender, San Francisco Chronicle, "Under Senate bill, some households would escape Alternative Minimum Tax," 9 Dec. 2017

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

In a split-second, the scene came together: Soler had clobbered Yusmeiro Petit’s pitch 393 feet into the Sonic Slam seats in left field. — Maria Torres, kansascity, "'I don't know how it happened': Soler's late homer lifts Royals to a win over the A's," 2 June 2018 Muslim woman sues after being beaten in Dearborn emergency room DETROIT — A Michigan hospital is facing a lawsuit after a 19-year-old Muslim woman was clobbered from behind by a male patient within 5 seconds of walking up to the emergency room desk. — Omar Abdel-baqui, USA TODAY, "Muslim woman sues hospital after patient attacks her in emergency room," 3 Apr. 2018 So far, the right analogies appear to be 1987 or 1998, both cases when some market players were clobbered but, unlike in 2007, had few linkages to the real economy... — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, "The Finance 202: Trump plans to roll out budget and infrastructure plans. Neither may be relevant.," 12 Feb. 2018 In its last home outing, Washington attracted its first sellout of the season on Feb. 2 as the Huskies clobbered UCLA 69-55. — Percy Allen, The Seattle Times, "The Huskies have returned to prominence in Pac-12 hoops, and so has the roar on Montlake," 19 Feb. 2019 Democrats are taking advantage, manipulating that environment, and now weaponising these uncorroborated accusations as a political tool to clobber Judge Kavanaugh with. — Fox News, "Kavanaugh denies assault allegations in Fox News interview," 25 Sep. 2018 How new presidents tend to get clobbered in midterm elections. — Neil Swidey, BostonGlobe.com, "How Democrats would be better off if Bill Clinton had never been president," 10 July 2018 Aspiring sluggers spend half of each session clobbering the bags, the other half executing strength exercises using body weight, dumbbells and lighter brass knuckle weights ($36/class, $3 to rent gloves, rumble-boxing.com). — Ashley Mateo, WSJ, "Why Boxing Is the Best Workout of 2019," 16 Jan. 2019 The Seahawks enter a bye week with a surge of momentum, after clobbering the Raiders in London and nearly upsetting the undefeated Rams the week prior. — Mike Vorel, The Seattle Times, "Seattle Times Week 7 NFL Power Rankings: Seahawks creeping toward top half of NFL’s 32 teams," 16 Oct. 2018

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