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Antonyms for clout

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : klout
Phonetic Transcription : klaÊŠt

Definition of clout

Origin :
  • Old English clut "lump of something," also "patch of cloth put over a hole to mend it," from Proto-Germanic *klutaz (cf. Old Norse klute "kerchief," Danish klud "rag, tatter," Frisian klut "lump," Dutch kluit "clod, lump"); perhaps related to clot (v.).
  • In later use "a handkerchief," also "a woman's sanitary napkin." Sense of "a blow" is from c.1400 early 14c., from the verb. Sense of "personal influence" is 1958, on the notion of "punch, force."
  • noun power
  • verb hit
Example sentences :
  • Even an old broken bowman might find the clout with a bow like this.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "Nay, there you are wide of the clout," the bowman said gravely.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The next moment he received a clout alongside the head that knocked him over on his side.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • As for the clout I gave Master Peter, here is a groat to mend it.
  • Extract from : « In the Days of Drake » by J. S. Fletcher
  • Swords are for gentlemen, while clubs are to clout the heads of rogues—thus.
  • Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
  • If you call me a cheat again, I will give you a clout in the jaw.
  • Extract from : « Jewish Children » by Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich
  • Like most of them, he had but a clout round his waist, and his woolly hair was cropped close.
  • Extract from : « Ned Garth » by W. H. G. Kingston
  • You must stuff a clout into his mouth if he offers to holler.
  • Extract from : « Frank Oldfield » by T.P. Wilson
  • Fogle, a silk handkerchief,—not a clout, which is of cotton.
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
  • Av I can get a clout at that dog, I'll lave him as bare as a plucked thrush!
  • Extract from : « Sporting Society, Vol. I (of 2) » by Various

Synonyms for clout

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