clob|ber

clob|ber
clob|ber «KLOB uhr», verb, noun.
–v.t. Slang.
1. a) to strike or beat heavily: »

If a member of one of the ten-man teams happened to clobber a rival with a stick, or send him sprawling on his face, it was all part of the game (Time).

 b) to attack or damage verbally: »

The eleven men who had served as chairmen of the FCC had been clobbered unmercifully (Saturday Review).

2. Figurative. to defeat severely: »

[He] clobbered his last opponent by a 3-to-1 majority (Maclean's).

3. British. to adorn or ornament lavishly: »

... cars…clobbered with chromium plate (Punch).

–n. British Slang.
1. clothing: »

I wore nothing but the best Italian clobber (Alex Atkinson).

2. equipment: »

... this dear ship, with its whining ventilation, electronic clobber and loud guns (Punch).

╂[origin uncertain]
–clob´ber|er, noun.

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