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CLOBBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Informal terms for personal possessions
Example:
did you take all your clobber?
Synonyms:
clobber; stuff
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("clobber" is a kind of...):
personal estate; personal property; personalty; private property (movable property (as distinguished from real estate))
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they clobber ... he / she / it clobbers
Past simple: clobbered
-ing form: clobbering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
Example:
We licked the other team on Sunday!
Synonyms:
bat; clobber; cream; drub; lick; thrash
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "clobber" is one way to...):
beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)
Verb group:
flail; lam; thrash; thresh (give a thrashing to; beat hard)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The fighter managed to clobber his opponent
Sense 2
Meaning:
Strike violently and repeatedly
Example:
She clobbered the man who tried to attack her
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "clobber" is one way to...):
beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to clobber the prisoners