clout

1. 1.

   strike hard, especially with the fist

   “He clouted his attacker”

   Broaderstrike

Other forms of clout

plural

clouts·

past tense

clouted·

present participle

clouting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clout

What does clout mean?

clout means "a target used in archery". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clout?

clout has 1 syllable: clout. In IPA it is /ˈklaʊt/.

What is another word for clout?

Close synonyms include pull, clout nail, punch, poke, lick. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clout a common word?

clout is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.