| 单词 | clobber |
| 释义 | clobber (once / 18732 pages) 1v 2n To clobber is to beat up or to defeat soundly in a game. You can say your favorite baseball team clobbers the competition if they win with a score of 10 to 0. When a boxer knocks out his adversary he clobbers him, and a bully clobbers his victim by punching him repeatedly. You can also clobber someone without shedding blood, as when you beat your dad in chess. The word clobber was originally World War II British air force slang, in the 1940s, and usually referred to aerial bombing. WORD FAMILYclobber: clobbered, clobbering, clobbers USAGE EXAMPLESHe joked about clobbering attackers with a stapler. Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016) But the narrative changed after that clobbering Friday. Seattle Times(Dec 02, 2016) The man who’s clobbering Apple started out low on the tech spectrum. Seattle Times(Nov 24, 2016) 1 1v beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight Syn|Hyper bat, cream, drub, lick, thrash flail, lam, thrash, thresh give a thrashing to; beat hard beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish come out better in a competition, race, or conflict 2v strike violently and repeatedly 2She clobbered the man who tried to attack her Syn|Hyper baste, batter beat, beat up, work over give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression n informal terms for personal possessions did you take all your clobber? Syn|Hyper stuff personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property movable property (as distinguished from real estate) |
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