CLOBBER

stuff, clobber

(noun) informal terms for personal possessions; “did you take all your clobber?”

cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick

(verb) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; “We licked the other team on Sunday!”

clobber, baste, batter

(verb) strike violently and repeatedly; “She clobbered the man who tried to attack her”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

British slang from 1941; possibly onomatopoeic of the sound of detonated bombs in the distance. Possible origin/relation to Swedish 'klubbar'.

Verb

clobber (third-person singular simple present clobbers, present participle clobbering, simple past and past participle clobbered)

(transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.

(transitive, computing, slang) To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.

Noun

clobber (uncountable)

(slang) A thumping or beating.

A bash on say the head, typically with a tool or object rather than with fists.

Etymology 2

Noun

clobber (uncountable)

(Australia, Britain, slang) Clothing; clothes.

(Britain, slang) Equipment.

Etymology 3

Noun

clobber (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• Cobbler, cobbler

Source: Wiktionary

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