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clobber

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clob⋅ber

1  [klob-er]
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–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.

clob⋅ber

2  [klob-er]
–noun British, Australian Slang.
(used with a plural verb) clothes.
Origin:
1875–80; of obscure orig.; cf. clobber 3

clob⋅ber

3  [klob-er]
–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.

clob⋅ber

4  [klob-er]
–noun, verb (used without object) South Midland and Southern U.S.
clabber.
Regional variation note:
See clabber.

clab⋅ber

  [klab-er] South Midland and Southern U.S.
–noun
1. milk that has soured and thickened; curdled milk.
–verb (used without object)
2. (of milk) to curdle; to become thick in souring.
Also, clobber.

Origin:
1625–35; < Ir clabar short for bainne clabair bonnyclabber

Regional variation note:
Clabber has many regional variations, including bonnyclabber and its variant bonnyclapper in the Northern and Midland U.S., thick milk in the Hudson River Valley and North Midland U.S., lobber and its variant lobbered milk in the Inland North, clobber in the South Midland and Southern U.S., and crud in some widely scattered areas.
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clob·ber   (klŏb'ər)   
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

clobber 
1941, British air force slang, probably related to bombing; possibly echoic.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

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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