Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - clobber
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Clobber
clobber
I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1879 slang British clothes 1 II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1943 1. to pound mercilessly; also to hit with force ~ a home run 2. a. to defeat overwhelmingly got ~ed in the election b. to have a strongly negative impact on businesses ~ed by the recession c. to criticize harshly a film ~ed by reviewers
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1. n. Brit. sl. clothing or personal belongings. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. 2. v.tr. sl. 1 hit repeatedly; beat up. 2 defeat. 3 criticize severely. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. одежда, "тряпки" 2. хлам; тряпье, старье 3. пожитки (особ. мелкие вещи); причиндалы electronic clobber —- электронные штучки 4. избить, исколотить our team got clobbered on Saturday —- в субботу нашей команде крепко досталось 5. воен. атаковать наземную цель с воздуха 6. воен. поразить неприятеля 7. прижимать, обижать to clobber the taxpayer —- наваливаться на налогоплательцика 8. разносить, отделывать, чихвостить the government clobbered the unions —- правительство обрушилось на профсоюзы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(clobbers, clobbering, clobbered) 1. You can refer to someone’s possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber. (BRIT INFORMAL) N-UNCOUNT 2. If you clobber someone, you hit them. (INFORMAL) Hillary clobbered him with a vase. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 v informal 1 to hit someone very hard (I'll clobber you if you say that again.) 2 to defeat someone very easily in a way that is embarrassing for the team that loses (The Dallas Cowboys clobbered the Buffalo Bills last night.) 3 to affect someone or something badly, especially by making them lose money (companies clobbered by foreign competitors) 4 to punish someone severely when they break a law (Motorists caught driving without insurance will be clobbered.) ~2 n informal especially BrE someone's possessions, especially their clothes (Don't forget all your clobber if you're staying the night. | fishing/swimming/football clobber etc (=clothes and equipment needed for a particular activity)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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