āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to clout
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āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to strike forcefully, especially using the fist
Transitive: to clout sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In self-defense, she had to clout the attacker to escape from the dangerous situation.
āĻāϤā§āĻŽāϰāĻā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻāύāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His political clout helped push the bill through.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦ, āĻāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž
influence, fame, or popularity, often on social media
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That influencer has serious clout.
āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āϰā§āϤāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§āώāĻŋ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻāĻžāϤ
(boxing) a heavy blow delivered with the fist
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He gave the intruder a quick clout before running for help.
āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āϏ⧠āĻ
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āĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻ, āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻ
a short, thick nail with a large, flat head, used to fasten sheet material (such as metal or roofing felt) to wood
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He used a clout to attach the metal flashing to the shed.
āϏ⧠āĻļā§āĻĄā§ āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āĻĢā§āϞā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ, āĻĻā§āϰāĻĒāĻžāϞā§āϞāĻžāϰ āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ
(archery) a large target, traditionally a patch of cloth or a flag, placed on or near the ground for longâdistance shooting practice or competition
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Archers gathered for the annual cloutâshooting tournament.
āϧāύā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āώāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āĻĄ āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻā§āĻ āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āϰā§āύāĻžāĻŽā§āύā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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