clout

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Einfluss

Kopfnuss

Lappen

hauen

Imperium

Kaiserreich

Kaisertum

Einfluß

Macht

Reich

Schlag

Schlagkraft

Durchsetzungsvermögen

Kraft

Faustschlag

👊

Gewicht

Synonyme

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

Übersetzungen

influence

lobo

darbe

pugno

✊

lap

tortazo

coup de poing

👊

coup

frapper

donner un coup

cazzotto

👊

invloed

influência

fuerza

hedef

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/klaʊt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: clout

Geerbt von Altenglisch: clūt

Verwandt mit Altnordisch: 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.