clobber

Meaning

Verb

1. (slang, transitive) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
2. (slang, transitive) To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.

Noun

1. (slang, uncountable) A thumping or beating.
2. (uncountable) A bash on say the head, typically with a tool or object rather than with fists.

Noun

1. (Australia, British, slang, uncountable) Clothing; clothes.
2. (British, slang, uncountable) Equipment.

Noun

A paste used by shoemakers to hide the cracks in leather.

Synonyms

thrash

beat

knock

batter

hit

defeat

smite

cream

whomp

drub

bat

🦇

slog

maul

swat

strike

shoot down

beat unmercifully

clout

bash

stuff

whack

beat up

smash

bang

baste

pound

💷

biff

lick

stamp

call down

bump

berate

bullyrag

buffet

belt

bruise

bring up

break up

darn

bray

beetle

🪲

ban

cudgel

crush

bop

crunch

boom

💥

dash

💨

deck

comb

Translations

vaincre

tabasser

défaire

arruinar

yenmek

golpear

Lederpaste

χτυπώ

apallissar

ausmachen

tustar

beschimpfen

dreschen

durchhauen

أمْتِعة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklɒb.ə(ɹ)/

Etymology

British slang from 1941; possibly onomatopoeic of the sound of detonated bombs in the distance.