clout

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, informal, uncountable) Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
2. (countable, uncountable) A blow with the hand.
3. (countable, informal, uncountable) A home run.
4. (countable, uncountable) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
5. (countable, dated, regional, uncountable) A swaddling cloth.
6. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
7. (archaic, countable, uncountable) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
8. (countable, uncountable) A clout nail.
9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A piece; a fragment.

Verb

1. (transitive) To hit (someone or something), especially with the fist.
2. (transitive) To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
3. (transitive) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
4. (transitive) To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
5. (transitive) To join or patch clumsily.

Verb

Dated form of clot.

Conceptes

imperi

clatellot

preeminència

mastegot

punyada

👊

Sinònims

hit

influence

pull

strike

punch

👊

bash

slap

smack

blow

biff

bang

bump

cuff

belt

knock

slug

rag

power

beat

clout nail

sway

clobber

wallop

leverage

poke

lick

patch

smite

whack

dish-cloth

defeat

cudgel

bandage

control

concussion

clump

lam

beat out

backing

assault

clack

kill

🔪🩸👤

jab

carom

impingement

knockdown

campaign

larrup

impinge

hobnail

Traduccions

influence

Einfluss

lobo

Kopfnuss

cazzotto

👊

lap

influência

frapper

coup

coup de poing

👊

Lappen

pugno

✊

donner un coup

invloed

fuerza

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/klaʊt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: clout

Heretat de anglès antic: clūt

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: klútr

In summary

From Middle English clout (“piece of cloth”), from Old English clūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gelewdos, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). The influence sense originated in the dialect of Chicago, but has become widespread.
Cognate with Old Norse klútr (“kerchief”), Swedish klut, Danish klud, Middle High German klōz (“lump”), whence German Kloß, and dialectal Russian глуда (gluda). See also cleat.