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Word: Clout
Speech Type: Verb
Old English clūt (in the sense ‘a patch or metal plate’); related to Dutch kluit ‘lump, clod’, also to cleat and clot. The shift of sense to ‘heavy blow’, which dates from late Middle English, is difficult to explain; possibly the change occurred first in the verb (from ‘put a patch on’ to ‘hit hard’)
klaʊt
hit (someone or something) hard
Short Definition:hit hard
Examples:- I clouted him round the head
mend with a patch
Short Definition:mend with patch
Examples:- he helps the women clout their pans
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