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CLOBBER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for personal possessions

Example:

did you take all your clobber?

Synonyms:

clobber; stuff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("clobber" is a kind of...):

personal estate; personal property; personalty; private property (movable property (as distinguished from real estate))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

Example:

We licked the other team on Sunday!

Synonyms:

bat; clobber; cream; drub; lick; thrash

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "clobber" is one way to...):

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Verb group:

flail; lam; thrash; thresh (give a thrashing to; beat hard)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to clobber his opponent

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strike violently and repeatedly

Example:

She clobbered the man who tried to attack her

Synonyms:

baste; batter; clobber

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "clobber" is one way to...):

beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to clobber the prisoners

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