I. ˈklä-bər noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1879
slang British : clothes 1
II. transitive verb
( clob·bered ; clob·ber·ing -b(ə-)riŋ)
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: circa 1943
1. : to pound mercilessly ; also : to hit with force
clobber a home run
2.
a. : to defeat overwhelmingly
got clobber ed in the election
b. : to have a strongly negative impact on
businesses clobber ed by the recession
c. : to criticize harshly
a film clobber ed by reviewers