CLOUT

Clout

Clout were originally a five-piece, South African million-selling all-girl rock group formed in 1977, best known for their song, "Substitute".

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clout

Noun

  1. Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
  2. A blow with the hand.
  3. A home run.
  4. The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
  5. A swaddling cloth.
  6. A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
  7. An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
  8. A piece; a fragment.

Verb

  1. To hit, especially with the fist.
  2. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.
  3. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
  4. To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
  5. To join or patch clumsily.


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