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clob·ber

(klŏb′ər)

tr.v. clob·bered, clob·ber·ing, clob·bers Slang

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

2. To defeat decisively.

3. To criticize harshly.

[Origin unknown.]

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clobber

(ˈklɒbə)

vb (tr)

1. to beat or batter

2. to defeat utterly

3. to criticize severely

[C20: of unknown origin]

clobber

(ˈklɒbə)

slang Brit 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]

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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

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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, chattels His house is filled with a load of old clobber.

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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) → ropa f, traje m

2. (Brit) (= gear) → bártulos mpl, trastos mpl (Sp)

B. VT

1. (= defeat) → cascar

2. (= beat up) → dar una paliza a

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clobber

[ˈklɒbə^r]

n (British) (= gear) → barda m

(= hit) → frapper

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

clobber

(inf)

n (Brit: = belongings) → Zeug nt (inf); (= clothes) → Klamotten pl (inf)

(= hit, defeat) to get clobbered → eins übergebraten kriegen (inf); to clobber somebody one → jdm ein paar vor den Latz knallen (inf)

(= charge a lot) → schröpfen; the taxman really clobbered me → das Finanzamt hat mir ganz schön was abgeknöpft (inf)

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clobber

[ˈklɒbəʳ] (fam)

1. n

a. (belongings) → roba

2. vt

a. (hit) → pestare

b. (defeat) → dare una batosta a, battere

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