CLOUT | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of clout in English cloutverb [ T ]   informal uk /klaʊt/ us /klaʊt/ Add to word list Add to word list to hit someone or something with the hand or with a heavy object: Quigley clouted me smartly across the side of the head. If you clout a ball, such as in cricket or baseball, you hit it hard: He effortlessly clouts the ball over the advertising boards and into the stands. He clouted 32 off 11 successive balls. Hitting and beating

• at-risk
• bang away phrasal verb
• bang someone up phrasal verb
• basher
• bashing
• bunch
• butt
• gut punch
• head-butt
• hell
• kick
• knock
• mess
• nail
• swing
• tonk
• wallop
• whop
• whup
• within an inch of someone's/something's life idiom

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General terms used in ball sports cloutnoun uk /klaʊt/ us /klaʊt/

clout noun (POWER)

[ U ] power and influence over other people or events: have political clout The King may have privilege, but he has no real political clout. Power and intensity

• ascendant
• be (as) solid as a rock idiom
• brunt
• cast iron
• counterforce
• grunt
• invincibility
• invulnerability
• juggernaut
• keenness
• kick-ass
• mailed fist
• richness
• ripely
• robustness
• stridency
• sturdiness
• virulence
• vividness
• within an inch of someone's/something's life idiom

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clout noun (HIT)

[ C ] informal the act of hitting someone or something with your hand or with a heavy object: give something a clout If the photocopier stops working, just give it a clout. [ C ] informal the act of hitting a ball hard: He gives the ball an almighty clout. He showcased his raw power by launching a 463-foot clout that came off the bat at 112 mph. Hitting and beating

• at-risk
• bang away phrasal verb
• bang someone up phrasal verb
• basher
• bashing
• bunch
• butt
• gut punch
• head-butt
• hell
• kick
• knock
• mess
• nail
• swing
• tonk
• wallop
• whop
• whup
• within an inch of someone's/something's life idiom

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General terms used in ball sports (Definition of clout from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

clout | American Dictionary

cloutnoun [ U ] us /klɑʊt/

clout noun [U] (POWER)

Add to word list Add to word list power and influence over other people or events: The small firms banded together so they would have more clout in Washington. cloutverb [ T ]   infml us /klɑʊt/

clout verb [T] (HIT)

to hit someone heavily with the hand or an object (Definition of clout from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of clout

clout He gave them drink and food; costly goods he gave them all: capes without price, and valuable breech clouts, and devices, and costly shields. From the Cambridge English Corpus Clout's words, both these unfortunate patients and humanity require. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it reasonable to expect a man you are clouting on the jaw to offer you his wage packet? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first, a simple one, has often been discussed here—that it used to be erroneously believed that clouting the trade unions was a vote winner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There may be a row at that very moment, and it is usually the innocent ones who get clouted and not the guilty ones. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not engage in it lightly, because it also clouts them economically. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Has the thoughts unravel, he ends up injuring himself by clouting the wall out of agony. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They were also active elsewhere, since media ownership invests some political clout. From the Cambridge English Corpus They had considerable clout in the area and had a trust registered in their names. From the Cambridge English Corpus Conversely, these followers were dependent on their chief for maintenance, their prospects connected with his largesse and political clout. From the Cambridge English Corpus The best known architects have the clout and the influence necessary to experiment with and to modify standards. From the Cambridge English Corpus Second, political clout as well as economic power has shielded this group from pastoralists rancor. From the Cambridge English Corpus In most developing countries, such groups do not exist, or do not have the necessary political and financial clout. From the Cambridge English Corpus In battle the men wore red cedar armour and helmets, and breech clouts made from cedar. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Citizens in over-represented, poor and rural districts may use their political clout to secure policy interventions that improve their economic welfare. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of clout These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of clout?

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in Chinese (Traditional) （用手或重物）猛打，猛擊，敲, 權力, 權勢… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （用手或重物）猛打，猛击，敲, 权力, 权势… See more in Spanish dar un tortazo a, peso, influencia… See more in Portuguese dar um tapa em, influência, peso… See more in Turkish in French in Japanese in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian in Russian nüfuz, güç ve etki, fiske… See more poids [masculine], coup, influence… See more 権力（けんりょく）… See more mep, invloed, meppen… See more facka, vliv, nátlak… See more ørefigen, politisk indflydelse, slå hårdt… See more pukulan, tamparan, pengaruh… See more การตี, การมีอิทธิพล, ตี… See more cái tát, quyền lực ngầm, tát nảy lửa… See more autorytet, siła przebicia, cios… See more slag, inflytande, slå till… See more pukulan, pengaruh, pukul… See more der Schlag, die Ohrfeige, die Macht… See more makt [masculine], innflytelse [masculine], flik… See more удар, ляпас, вплив… See more большое влияние, затрещина… See more Need a translator?

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