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clob·ber1    Audio Help   [klob-er] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object) Slang.
1.to batter severely; strike heavily: He tried to clobber me with his club.
2.to defeat decisively; drub; trounce.
3.to denounce or criticize vigorously.
[Origin: 1940–45, Americanism; orig. uncert.]

—Synonyms 2. whip, thrash, lick.
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clob·ber2    Audio Help   [klob-er] Pronunciation Key
–noun British, Australian Slang.
(used with a plural verb) clothes.
[Origin: 1875–80; of obscure orig.; cf. clobber3]
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clob·ber3    Audio Help   [klob-er] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
to paint over existing decoration on (a ceramic piece).
[Origin: 1850–55; earlier, to mend, patch up (clothes or shoes); of obscure orig.]
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clob·ber4    Audio Help   [klob-er] Pronunciation Key
–noun, verb (used without object) South Midland and Southern U.S.
clabber.
—Regional variation note See clabber.
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clob·ber    Audio Help   (klŏb'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   clob·bered, clob·ber·ing, clob·bers Slang
  1. To strike violently and repeatedly; batter or maul.
  2. To defeat decisively.
  3. To criticize harshly.


[Origin unknown.]

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clobber 
1941, British air force slang, probably related to bombing; possibly echoic.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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clobber

noun
1. informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?" [syn: stuff] 

verb
1. strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" 
2. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream] 

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clobber jargon
To overwrite, usually unintentionally: "I walked off the end of the array and clobbered the stack."
Compare mung, scribble, trash, smash the stack.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-12-16)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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