Sekirov Dictionary

clobber

UK /ˈklɒb.ə(ɹ)/US /ˈklɑb.ɚ/

noun 5
verb 2
forms 3

noun5

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(UK, slang) Clothing; clothes.
- W'y, they call a man a robber if 'e stuffs 'is marchin' clobber / With the— / (Chorus) Loo! loo! Lulu! lulu! Loo! loo! Loot! loot! loot! — 1892
(UK, slang) Equipment.
A bash on say the head, typically with a tool or object rather than with fists.
(slang) A beating.
A paste used by shoemakers to hide the cracks in leather.

verb2

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(slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
- So the temptation to clobber was always there, and it was sometimes more difficult not to strike than it would have been to strike, and the consequences be damned. — 1954
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(slang) To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.
- In the slang of computer programmers, the second re-entry address is likely to "clobber" the machine's memory of the original re-entry address. — 1966

forms

clobbered · clobbering · clobbers

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