clout 2 
(klout)
(klout)n.
1.
a. Influence; pull: "Doctors have banded together into large negotiating groups in efforts to increase their clout" (George Anders).
b. Power; muscle.
2. A blow, especially with the fist.
3.
a. Baseball A long powerful hit.
b. Sports An archery target.
tr.v. clout·ed, clout·ing, clouts
To hit, especially with the fist.
[Middle English, back of the hand, slap, probably from clout, cloth patch, metal plate, fragment; see CLOUT1.]