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Antonyms for clobber

Grammar : Verb
Spell : klob-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈklɒb ər

Definition of clobber

Origin :
  • 1941, British air force slang, probably related to bombing; possibly echoic. Related: Clobbered; clobbering. In late 19c. British slang the word principally had to do with clothing, e.g. clobber (n.) "clothes," (v.) "to dress smartly;" clobber up "to patch old clothes for reuse."
  • verb hit, beat
Example sentences :
  • It covered my hitting a girl in Ohio with my car, hard enough to clobber her.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
  • I don't want to spend them fighting off attempts to clobber me every thirty seconds.
  • Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz
  • I suggest to you, Brassbound, that the clobber belongs to Lady Sis.
  • Extract from : « Captain Brassbound's Conversion » by George Bernard Shaw
  • And then whatever bully boys you're running will clobber us?
  • Extract from : « The Time Traders » by Andre Norton
  • The clobber decoration is not alone in enamel colours or gold, but even lacquer is used for the same purpose.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Oriental China » by J. F. Blacker
  • Clobber, klob′ėr, n. a paste used by shoemakers to hide the cracks in leather.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
  • We can't get them and all their clobber in the limber and, if I know 'em, they won't be parted from their belongings.
  • Extract from : « 500 of the Best Cockney War Stories » by Various
  • Redbrook: you pack that clobber in the lady's portmanteau, and put it aboard the yacht for her.
  • Extract from : « Captain Brassbound's Conversion » by George Bernard Shaw
  • Bey said, "If we can stop waxing philosophic for a while and get back to how most efficiently to clobber these Arabs—"
  • Extract from : « Border, Breed Nor Birth » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • It was evident that we were being driven and so long as we went to their satisfaction they weren't going to clobber us.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith

Synonyms for clobber

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