clobber

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  1. transitive verb Slang To strike violently and repeatedly; batter or maul.
  2. transitive verb Slang To defeat decisively.
  3. transitive verb Slang To criticize harshly.

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  • A right prune in this clobber, I entered the long hall. —  dummy 3
  • The fitness guru returned to GMTV today (in his trademark funky gym clobber, natch) after a ten years hiatus. —  Sky Showbiz - Latest
  • Barbour singled out the President's proposed cap and trade system to control greenhouse gasses, saying that the potential cost would "clobber" families. —  Consumer Reports Electronics Blog
  • Certainly a contrast to the t-shirt and jeans that constitutes the usual comedy clobber, but Mr. Boustein doesn't deliver the usual stand-up routine either. —  Club Troppo
  • Jim Doyle addresses a quarterly meeting of Milwaukee-area business leaders on Thursday, he will be facing some who believe his proposed business-tax increases will "clobber" the region's most crucial industries, says Tim Sheehy, president of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce. —  Dad29
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clobber:   clobbered ·  clobbers
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Perhaps Celtic: cf. Irish clabar, mud. Cf. clabber.
  2. from clobber, n.
 

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/ˈklɑbər/
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