transcription, транскрипция: [ klaʊt ]
( clouts, clouting, clouted)
1.
If you clout someone, you hit them. ( INFORMAL )
Rachel clouted him...
The officer clouted her on the head.
VERB : V n , V n on n
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Clout is also a noun.
I was half tempted to give one of them a clout myself.
N-COUNT
2.
A person or institution that has clout has influence and power. ( INFORMAL )
Mr Sutherland may have the clout needed to push the two trading giants into a deal...
= influence
N-UNCOUNT