clout (noun)
1clout — ► NOUN 1) informal a heavy blow. 2) informal influence or power. 3) archaic a piece of cloth or clothing. ► VERB informal ▪ hit hard. ● ne er cast a clout till May be out Cf. ↑ …
2clout — noun authoritative power, authority, consequence, controlling power, directing power, dominancy, dominion, eminence, force, hegemony, importance, influence, influentiality, leverage, mastership, notability, potency, power, power of impelling,… …
3clout — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous ▪ a politician with enormous clout ▪ economic, financial, marketing (esp. AmE), political …
4clout — [klaʊt] noun [uncountable] the power or authority to influence other people s decisions: • AT&T and BT have sufficient market clout to win the support of wireless equipment manufacturers to help develop the technology …
5clout-nail — cloutˈ nail noun A large headed nail • • • Main Entry: ↑clout …
6clout nail — noun a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood • Syn: ↑clout • Hypernyms: ↑nail * * * noun : a nail having a large flat head used for fastening clouts to axletrees, studding timber, or fastening down sheet metal …
7clout — noun 1》 informal a heavy blow. 2》 informal influence or power. 3》 archaic a piece of cloth or clothing. 4》 Archery a large target placed flat on the ground with a flag marking its centre and used in long distance shooting. 5》 (also clout nail) a… …
8clout-shoe — noun Etymology: clout (I) (iron plate) + shoe obsolete : a wearer of clouted shoes : rustic …
9clout shooting — noun Etymology: clout (I) (white cloth) : archery shooting in contest in which rounds of arrows are shot from long range at a very large circular target marked on the ground …
10clout — Noun. Vagina …
