Definitions for clout
klaʊtclout

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cloutnoun

   a target used in archery

2. pull, cloutnoun

   special advantage or influence

   "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull"

3. clout nail, cloutnoun

   a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood

4. punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slugverb

   (boxing) a blow with the fist

   "I gave him a clout on his nose"

5. cloutverb

   strike hard, especially with the fist

   "He clouted his attacker"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cloutnoun

   Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

2. cloutnoun

   A blow with the hand.

3. cloutnoun

   A home run.

4. cloutnoun

   The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

5. cloutnoun

   A swaddling cloth.

6. cloutnoun

   A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

7. cloutnoun

   An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

8. cloutnoun

   A piece; a fragment.

9. cloutverb

   To hit, especially with the fist.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. A CLOUTnoun

   Etymology: clut, Saxon.

   1. A cloth for any mean use.

   His garment, nought but many ragged clouts,
   With thorns together pinn’d, and patched was. Edmund Spenser, F. Q.

   A clout upon that head,
   Where late the diadem stood. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   In pow’r of spittle and a clout,
   When e’er he please to blot it out. Jonathan Swift.

   2. A patch on a shoe or coat.3. Anciently, the mark of white cloth at which archers shot.

   He drew a good bow: he shot a fine shoot: he would have clapt in the clout at twelve score. William Shakespeare, Hen. IV. p. ii.

   4. An iron plate to keep an axle-tree from wearing.

2. To Cloutverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To patch; to mend coarsely.

   I thought he slept, and put
   My clouted brogues from off my feet, whose rudeness
   Answer’d my steps too loud. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   The dull swain
   Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon. John Milton.

   2. To cover with a cloth.

   Milk some unhappy ewe,
   Whose clouted leg her hurt doth shew. Edmund Spenser, Pastorals.

   3. To join awkwardly or coarsely together.

   Many sentences of one meaning be clouted up together. Roger Ascham, Schoolmaster.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cloutnoun

   a cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag

2. Cloutnoun

   a swadding cloth

3. Cloutnoun

   a piece; a fragment

4. Cloutnoun

   the center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head

5. Cloutnoun

   an iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer

6. Cloutnoun

   a blow with the hand

7. Cloutnoun

   to cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout

8. Cloutnoun

   to join or patch clumsily

9. Cloutnoun

   to quard with an iron plate, as an axletree

10. Cloutnoun

    to give a blow to; to strike

11. Cloutnoun

    to stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole

12. Etymology: [OE. clutien. clouten, to patch. See Clout, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Clout

   Clout were originally a five-piece, South African million-selling all-girl rock group formed in 1977, best known for their song, "Substitute".

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Clout

   klowt, n. a piece of cloth used for mending: a rag: a piece of cloth used by archers to shoot at, then the shot itself: a blow: a cuff.—v.t. to mend with a patch: to cover with a cloth: to cuff.—p.adj. Clout′ed (Shak.), heavy and patched, as shoes having nails in the soles: covered with a clout.—adj. Clout′erly, clownish.—ns. Clout′-nail, a large-headed nail used for the soles of boots; Clout′-shoe, a shoe having the sole protected by clout-nails. [A.S. clút; cf. Ice. klútr, a kerchief; Dan. klud, rag.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clout

   From the Teutonic kotzen, a blow. Also, a gore of blood.

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1. clout

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Matched Categories

1. • Advantage
   • Nail
   • Strike
   • Target

How to pronounce clout?

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of clout in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of clout in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of clout in a Sentence

1. Richard Gowan:

   With Pompeo more firmly in control and John Bolton focused on his anti-multilateral agenda, there's a sense the Richard Gowan ambassador will have less clout.

2. Brian Cathcart:

   What they may have lost in print circulation they have made up for in social media clout and influence over politicians, they animate and direct the mob day by day and hour by hour.

3. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:

   Britain is always going to have clout, it's just obviously amplified by its strength as part of the EU, i believe we're always better when we work as closely as possible together and separatism, or division, doesn't seem to be a productive path for countries.

4. William Nee:

   The Olympics has given China an opportunity to showcase The Olympics international clout and The Olympics doesn't want pesky activists disrupting that and talking about The Olympics human rights abuses.

5. Joseph Waldman:

   That’s the reason they were trying to make the trouble for the Jews in Egypt: The first thing they were afraid [of] was the Jewish families growing so rapidly, here, they are fearful that they’re going to be overwhelmed either by the growth of the environment or by political clout through the bloc votes.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=clout
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Clout
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=clout
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clout
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=clout
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=clout
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=clout