clout
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Synonyms: flout, glout, lout, clot, cloud, clou, blout, clost, clut, crout, chout
Antonyms: flout, glout, lout, clot, cloud, clou, blout, clost, clut, crout, chout
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Noun
- Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
- A blow with the hand.
- A home run.
- The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
- A swaddling cloth, nappy, or loincloth.
- A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
- An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
- A clout nail.
- A piece; a fragment.
Verb
- To hit (someone or something), especially with the fist.
- To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
- To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
- To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
- To join or patch clumsily.
Verb
- Dated form of clot.
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