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Examples of clobber in a Sentence
Just dump your clobber anywhere.
still wearing the same clobber he wore as an undergrad at Cambridge
Origin and Etymology of clobber
origin unknown
Other Clothing Terms
clobber
Definition of clobber
clobbered
;clobbering
play \-b(ə-)riŋ\transitive verb
1 : to pound mercilessly; also : to hit with force clobber a home run
2a : to defeat overwhelminglyb : to have a strongly negative impact on businesses clobbered by the recessionc : to criticize harshly
Examples of clobber in a Sentence
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 of clobber from the Web
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An eagle swooped down and clobbered the drone in mid-air, which then fell from the sky and into the depths of the bay, and hasn't been seen since, Fitch said.
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Confident of Turkey’s weakness, Britain, France and Russia could have clobbered the Ottomans and divided the spoils.
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Sano provided plenty of excitement himself, clobbering five home runs over 440 feet and his longest at 470 feet.
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The lead swelled to 2-0 in the second when Moustakas turned on a 90 mph fastball from Moore, clobbering a solo shot off the scoreboard facade in right field.
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The Goats were clobbered in the second game, with Portland scoring in every inning except the first, but had a chance to tie the opener in the seventh.
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Dimond was led Sean Carey, who reached base 4 of 5 times, notching a double, two singles, two RBIs and one run, and Jake Andresen, who clobbered two doubles, a single, and scored two runs.
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A mother’s death and tunnel construction lean into each other, one clobbering the seriousness out of the other’s ordinariness, and vice versa.
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He got clobbered in the process, and was sent down Tuesday.
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Origin and Etymology of clobber
origin unknown
CLOBBER Defined for English Language Learners
clobber
playDefinition of clobber for English Language Learners
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: someone's clothes, supplies, or equipment
clobber
Definition of clobber for English Language Learners
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: to hit (someone) very hard
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: to defeat (a person or team) very easily in a competition
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: to have a very bad effect on (someone or something)
CLOBBER Defined for Kids
clobber
playDefinition of clobber for Students
clobbered
;clobbering
1 : to hit with force He clobbered a ball to the outfield.
2 : to defeat very easily
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