clout
IPA: kɫˈaʊt
noun
- (informal) Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
- (regional, informal) A blow with the hand.
- (baseball, informal) A home run.
- (archery) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
- (regional, dated) A swaddling cloth.
- (archaic) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
- (archaic) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
- A clout nail.
- (obsolete) A piece; a fragment.
verb
- 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.
- Dated form of clot. [(intransitive) To form a clot or mass.]
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Examples of "clout" in Sentences
- He had a lot of clout as a president.
- The Chautala family has considerably clout in Haryana.
- I don't have the energy or clout to rewrite the article.
- The Archery Australia version of clout is used in Australia.
- In the world of Flash animation, KeenToons do not have clout.
- The bigger the event, the more Clout each medallion is worth.
- Luckily he was the clout to go right to the heart of the matter.
- He was highly respected and held tremendous clout in the Shiv Sena.
- Candidate5 had a lot of clout as the right hand of Jimbo and bureaucrat.
- Clout will be holding a special gathering to honour the life of the Messiah.