clout
clout
klaƊt
klawt
/klˈa‍ʊt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "clout"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to strike forcefully, especially using the fist
Transitive: to clout sb/sth
to clout definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In self-defense, she had to clout the attacker to escape from the dangerous situation.
āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āϜāύāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāϤ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ

strong influence or authority, especially over decisions or people in power
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His political clout helped push the bill through.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ, āϜāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž

influence, fame, or popularity, often on social media
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That influencer has serious clout.
āĻ“āχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϘ⧁āώāĻŋ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āφāϘāĻžāϤ

(boxing) a heavy blow delivered with the fist
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He gave the intruder a quick clout before running for help.
āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŽā§āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϚāĻ“āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ•, āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ•

a short, thick nail with a large, flat head, used to fasten sheet material (such as metal or roofing felt) to wood
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He used a clout to attach the metal flashing to the shed.
āϏ⧇ āĻļ⧇āĻĄā§‡ āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ‚ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻ“āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ, āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ

(archery) a large target, traditionally a patch of cloth or a flag, placed on or near the ground for long‑distance shooting practice or competition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Archers gathered for the annual clout‑shooting tournament.
āϧāύ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āώāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āϗ⧇āϟ āĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āϟ⧁āĻ°ā§āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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