Other forms: clobbered, clobbering, clobbers
To clobber is to hit somebody very hard indeed. Clobber him, got clobbered, clobbered by the storm.
It is informal and forceful, and it is used more of being defeated or damaged than of literal hitting — clobbered by the weather, clobbered in the market. As a noun in British slang, clobber means clothes or gear: all your clobber, which is a completely separate word. Note that the verb is British forces slang from 1941.
1verbclobberTo hit somebody very hard.
“He clobbered the burglar with a frying pan and then called the police.”
2nounclothesClothes or gear, in British slang.
“Grab your football clobber; we're playing in the park in ten minutes.”
clobber is a heavy blow, or gear.
The verb is British slang from 1941, possibly imitative of distant bombing. The noun meaning clothes is a separate and older slang word of unknown origin.
British slang from 1941; possibly imitative of the sound of the sound of detonated bombs in the distance.
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