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clob·ber

(klŏb′ər)

tr.v.clob·bered,clob·ber·ing,clob·bersSlang

1. To strike violently and repeatedly; batter or maul.

2. To defeat decisively.

3. To criticize harshly.

[Origin unknown.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

clobber

(ˈklɒbə)

vb (tr)

1.to beat or batter

2.to defeat utterly

3.to criticize severely

[C20: of unknown origin]

clobber

(ˈklɒbə)

slangBrit personal belongings, such as clothes and accessories

[C19: of unknown origin]

clobber

(ˈklɒbə)

(Ceramics) (tr) to paint over existing decoration on (pottery)

[C19 (originally in the sense: to patch up): of uncertain origin; perhaps related to clobber²]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

clob•ber¹

(ˈklɒb ər)

v.t.Informal.

1. to batter severely; strike heavily.

2. to defeat decisively; drub; trounce.

3. to denounce or criticize vigorously.

[1940–45,Amer.; orig. uncertain]

clob•ber²

(ˈklɒb ər)

n.

clothing; clothes.

[1875–80; of obscure orig.]

Clobber

belongings; personal clothes and goods.

clobber

Past participle:clobbered
Gerund:clobbering

Imperative
clobber
clobber

Present
I clobber
you clobber
he/she/it clobbers
we clobber
you clobber
they clobber

Preterite
I clobbered
you clobbered
he/she/it clobbered
we clobbered
you clobbered
they clobbered

Present Continuous
I am clobbering
you are clobbering
he/she/it is clobbering
we are clobbering
you are clobbering
they are clobbering

Present Perfect
I have clobbered
you have clobbered
he/she/it has clobbered
we have clobbered
you have clobbered
they have clobbered

Past Continuous
I was clobbering
you were clobbering
he/she/it was clobbering
we were clobbering
you were clobbering
they were clobbering

Past Perfect
I had clobbered
you had clobbered
he/she/it had clobbered
we had clobbered
you had clobbered
they had clobbered

Future
I will clobber
you will clobber
he/she/it will clobber
we will clobber
you will clobber
they will clobber

Future Perfect
I will have clobbered
you will have clobbered
he/she/it will have clobbered
we will have clobbered
you will have clobbered
they will have clobbered

Future Continuous
I will be clobbering
you will be clobbering
he/she/it will be clobbering
we will be clobbering
you will be clobbering
they will be clobbering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been clobbering
you have been clobbering
he/she/it has been clobbering
we have been clobbering
you have been clobbering
they have been clobbering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been clobbering
you will have been clobbering
he/she/it will have been clobbering
we will have been clobbering
you will have been clobbering
they will have been clobbering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been clobbering
you had been clobbering
he/she/it had been clobbering
we had been clobbering
you had been clobbering
they had been clobbering

Conditional
I would clobber
you would clobber
he/she/it would clobber
we would clobber
you would clobber
they would clobber

Past Conditional
I would have clobbered
you would have clobbered
he/she/it would have clobbered
we would have clobbered
you would have clobbered
they would have clobbered

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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Noun	1.	clobber - informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?" stuff personal estate,personal property,personalty,private property - movable property (as distinguished from real estate)
Verb	1.	clobber - strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" baste,batter beat up,work over,beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
	2.	clobber - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" drub,lick,cream,bat,thrash beat,beat out,vanquish,trounce,crush,shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" flail,thrash,lam,thresh - give a thrashing to; beat hard

clobber

verb(Informal)batter,beat,assault,smash,bash(informal),lash,thrash,pound,beat up(informal),wallop(informal),pummel,rough up(informal),lambast(e),belabour,duff up(informal)She clobbered him with a vase.

clobber

noun(Brit. informal)belongings,things,effects,property,stuff,gear,possessions,paraphernalia,accoutrements,chattelsHis house is filled with a load of old clobber.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

clobber

verb

1.Slang. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows:

assail,assault,baste,batter,beat,belabor,buffet,drub,hammer,pound,pummel,smash,thrash,thresh.

Informal:lambaste.

Idiom:rain blows on.

2.Slang. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat:

annihilate,crush,drub,overpower,overwhelm,smash,steamroller,thrash,trounce,vanquish.

Informal:massacre,wallop.

Slang:cream,shellac,smear.

Translations

colpire indumenti

колошматить

clobber

[ˈklɒbəʳ]

A.N

1. (=clothes) →ropaf,trajem

2. (Brit) (=gear) →bártulosmpl,trastosmpl (Sp)

B.VT

1. (=defeat) →cascar

2. (=beat up) →dar una paliza a

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

clobber

[ˈklɒbə^r]

n(British) (=gear) →bardam

(=hit) →frapper

(=adversely affect) to be clobbered by sth →être mis(e) àmal par qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

clobber

(inf)

n (Brit:= belongings) →Zeugnt (inf);(= clothes) →Klamottenpl (inf)

(= hit, defeat)to getclobbered →eins übergebratenkriegen(inf);toclobber somebody one →jdm einpaar vor denLatz knallen(inf)

(= charge a lot) →schröpfen;the taxman reallyclobbered me →dasFinanzamt hat mirganz schön wasabgeknöpft(inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

clobber

[ˈklɒbəʳ] (fam)

1.n

a. (belongings) →roba

2.vt

a. (hit) →pestare

b. (defeat) →dare unabatosta a,battere

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