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Clout

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Noun

1. clout

a target used in archery

2. clout, pull

special advantage or influence

Example Sentences:
'the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull'

3. clout, clout nail

a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood

4. biff, clout, lick, poke, punch, slug

(boxing) a blow with the fist

Example Sentences:
'I gave him a clout on his nose'

Verb

5. clout

strike hard, especially with the fist

Example Sentences:
'He clouted his attacker'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Clout

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noun
1. informal
a blow with the hand or a hard object
2. 
power or influence, esp in politics
3. archery
a. 
the target used in long-distance shooting
b. 
the centre of this target
c. 
a shot that hits the centre
4. Also called: clout nail
a short flat-headed nail used esp for attaching sheet metal to wood
5. British dialect
a. 
a piece of cloth
a dish clout
b. 
a garment
c. 
a patch
verb (transitive)
6. informal
to give a hard blow to, esp with the hand
7. 
to patch with a piece of cloth or leather

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Clout

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noun
1.  Chiefly Dialectal
a. 
a piece of cloth or leather for patching
b. 
any piece of cloth, esp. one for cleaning; rag
2. 
a blow, with or as with the hand; rap
3.  US, Informal
a. 
a hard hit, as in baseball
b. 
power or influence; esp., political power
4.  Archery
a form of long-distance shooting in which archers aim at a large target laid out on the ground with a flag in the center
verb transitive
5.  Chiefly Dialectal
to patch or mend coarsely
6.  Informal
to strike, as with the hand
7.  Informal
to hit (a ball) hard

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Clout

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n.
Chiefly Midland US
A piece of cloth, especially a baby's diaper.
n.
1.
a. Influence; pull: “Doctors have banded together into large negotiating groups in efforts to increase their clout” (George Anders).
b. Power; muscle.
2. A blow, especially with the fist.
3.
a. Baseball A long powerful hit.
b. Sports An archery target.
tr.v. clout·ed, clout·ing, clouts
To hit, especially with the fist.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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