clout

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

influence

coup

donner un coup

coup de poing

👊

frapper

poids

puissance

vigueur

taloche

châtaigne

🌰

calotter

empire

force

jeton

marron

Synonymes

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

Traductions

Einfluss

Kopfnuss

lobo

nüfuz

tortazo

hedef

invloed

Lappen

cazzotto

👊

pugno

✊

influência

fuerza

darbe

lap

vurmak

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/klaʊt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: clout

Hérité de ancien anglais: clūt

Appartenant à vieux norrois: 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.