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Word: clout (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • archaic A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
  • archaic An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
  • archery The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
  • Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
  • obsolete A piece; a fragment.
  • dated A swaddling cloth.
  • informal A blow with the hand.

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Verb:

  • uncommon To hit, especially with the fist.

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