clouted

past tense of clout

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Recent Examples of clouted Holder clouted Chameera for three sixes in four deliveries to end the 19th and leave West Indies needing six runs for victory. ABC News, 15 June 2026 Pellegrino, a 6-foot-3 forward who’s nearly devoid of body fat and brims with energy, clouted the ball out the air for the third goal and ran toward the supporters section, raising the crowd’s volume. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clouted
Verb
  • Taylor Trammell then smacked his first triple of the year off the brick wall in right field before Allen sent him home with the go-ahead run off Keaton Winn (2-3).
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • When Cunningham went up, Carrington jumped and smacked her in the face.
    Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Later in the series, Shah finds himself getting slapped in the face.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Slapping and/or being slapped was one of Oliver’s handful of requests for his soap opera appearance, along with playing a character with a ridiculous name, and wearing an equally ridiculous wig.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Moehrig responded with 103 tackles — one off his 2024 total — while establishing career highs with 14 tackles for loss, three sacks and seven quarterback hits.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The height of hurricane season looms, and Gulf Coast refineries have in the past been derailed by major hurricanes hitting the Gulf Coast.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Two people who saw the surveillance video recognized the man who punched Wilson as Harris, and one knew him from previous assaults in the area, the complaint said.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2026
  • By Wednesday, Carter said, fallen branches had punched several holes through roofs across the campus, including the administration building.
    Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The highlight of the two going up against each other came when Shough threw a ball up for grabs along the right sideline that Olave came down with, but Downs knocked it out at the last second.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Police surrounded the area, knocked repeatedly and called Brown by name, but no one answered.
    Christopher Harris, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Four years before the Falcon 9 upper stage crashed near Einstein Crater, for example, part of a Chinese Long March 3C rocket slammed into the moon's far side.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Danon slammed anti-Israel critics for relying on fake terrorist data while Hamas actively hijacked and marked up aid.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • During Sturgeon’s speech, the board walked out and took a brief recess after board President Charles Cush repeatedly banged his gavel and told Sturgeon his speaking time expired.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • That looked like all Boise would need until Madison’s Aaron Edwards banged home a world-class equalizer in the 83rd minute, firing a shot from the left edge of the box and tucking it inside the right post.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Poor guy is probably just trying to watch the home run derby in peace and just got drive by whacked by me.
    Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
  • Pop, a Romanian, was rolling through another service game when Bobker whacked an easy backhand beyond the baseline.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 July 2026

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“Clouted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clouted. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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