| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To leverage or influence.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To command or control. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To rule or reign. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To grasp, grip, clutch, clasp or handle. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To abuse. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To power.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Present participle conjugation of the verb clout.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (clout) | 1. Strike hard, especially with the fist; "He clouted his attacker".[Wordnet]. 2. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.[Websters]. 3. To join or patch clumsily.[Websters]. 4. To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.[Websters]. 5. To give a blow to; to strike.[Websters]. 6. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: clouting, clouted, clouts, clouter, clouters, cloutingly and cloutedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "CLOUTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1811. (references) |
Specialty Definition: clout
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] A patch; a piece of cloth or leather, &c., to close a breach.. | 2: [Noun] A piece of cloth for mean purposes.. | 3: [Noun] A piece of white cloth, for archers to shoot at.. | 4: [Noun] An iron plate on an axle tree, to keep it from wearing.. | 5: [Noun] A small nail. | 6: [Noun] In vulgar language, a blow with the hand.. | 7: [Verb] To patch; to mend by sewing on a piece or patch; as clouted shoon, in Milton. This is the sense as understood by Johnson. Mason understands the word clouted to signify nailed, studded with small nails, from the French clouter, and the following words in Shakespeare, Whose rudeness answered my steps too loud, give some countenance to Masons interpretation. In this case, the verb clout must signify, to nail, or fasten with nails; to stud.. | 8: [Verb] To cover with a piece of cloth.. | 9: [Verb] To join clumsily; as clouted sentences.. | 10: [Verb] To cover or arm with an iron plate.. | 11: [Verb] To strike; to give a blow. Clouted cream, in Gay, is evidently a mistake for clotted cream.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Slang in 1811 | CLOUT. A blow. I'll give you a clout on your jolly nob; I'll give you a blow on your head. It also means a handkerchief. CANT. Any pocket handkerchief except a silk one. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
| Wikipedic | Clout were originally a five-piece, South African million-selling all-girl rock group formed in 1977, best known for their song "Substitute". (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (archaic) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag. (references) | 2: [Noun] (archaic) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer. 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 546. Clouts were thin and flat pieces of iron, used it appears to strengthen the box of the wheel; perhaps also for nailing on such other parts of the cart as were particularly exposed to wear. (references) | 3: [Noun] (archery) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head. (references) | 4: [Noun] (obsolete) A piece; a fragment. (references) | 5: [Noun] (regional, dated) A swaddling cloth. (references) | 6: [Noun] (regional, informal) A blow with the hand. 1910, Katherine Mansfield, Frau Brenchenmacher Attends A Wedding 'Such a clout on the ear as you gave me… But I soon taught you.'. (references) | 7: [Noun] Influence or effectiveness, especially political. (references) | 8: [Verb] (uncommon) To hit, especially with the fist. (references) |
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Common Expressions: clout
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Clout nail | A short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Swaddling clout | A band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round a newborn infant. Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. --Luke ii. 12. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: CLOUTING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Clouting lay | Slang in 1811 | CLOUTING LAY. Picking pockets of handkerchiefs. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: clout | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Clout | 36 | Clout | 36 | |
| Clout Fantasy | 24 | Clout (radio show) | 7 | |
| Clout (radio show) | 7 | Clout Fantasy | 24 | |
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