1syllable
clout
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Definitions ofclout
1noun
- Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
- A blow with the hand.
- A home run.
- The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
- A swaddling cloth.
- A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
- An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
- A piece; a fragment.
1verb
- To hit, especially with the fist.
- To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
- To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
- To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
- To join or patch clumsily.
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