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    clout
    [klout]
    noun
    clout (noun) · clouts (plural noun)
    1. informal
      a heavy blow with the hand or a hard object:
      "a clout on the ear"
    2. informal
      influence or power, especially in politics or business:
      "I knew he carried a lot of clout"
    3. archaic
      a piece of cloth or clothing, especially one used as a patch.
    4. archery
      a target used in long-distance shooting, placed flat on the ground with a flag marking its center.
      • a shot that hits a clout.
    verb
    clout (verb) · clouts (third person present) · clouted (past tense) · clouted (past participle) · clouting (present participle)
    1. informal
      hit hard with the hand or a hard object:
      "I clouted him on the head"
    2. archaic
      mend with a patch:
      "he helps the women clout their pans"
    Origin
    Old English clūt (in the sense ‘a patch or metal plate’); related to Dutch kluit ‘lump, clod’, also to cleat and clot. The shift of sense to ‘heavy blow’, which dates from late Middle English, is difficult to explain; possibly the change occurred first in the verb (from ‘put a patch on’ to ‘hit hard’).
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  1. clout (verb) 1 clout / ˈ klaʊt/ noun plural clouts Britannica Dictionary definition of CLOUT 1 [noncount] : the power to influence or control situations
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    a blow, especially with the hand; cuff: The bully gave him a painful clout on the head.
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    the act of hitting someone or something with your hand or with a heavy object: If the photocopier stops working, just give it a clout.
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    clout 2 1. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke: bang, blow, crack, hit, lick, pound, slug, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham,... 2. Informal. The power to produce an effect by indirect means: influence, leverage, sway, weight. Slang: pull. 3. Informal. Effective means of influencing, compelling, or ...
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    Definition of clout. (Entry 1 of 2) 1 dialectal, chiefly British : a piece of cloth or leather : rag. 2 : a blow especially with the hand When she was naughty, she would get a clout from her mother. also : a hard hit in baseball. 3 : a white cloth on a stake or frame used as a target in archery. 4 : pull, influence political clout She parlayed her ...

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