Clout

Definition: Clout

Clout

Noun

1. A target used in archery.

2. A short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood.

Verb

1. Strike hard, esp. with the fist; "He clouted his attacker".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "clout" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Clout

Crosswords: Clout

Manx (clot, clout, patch, printed, square sail).

Because I didn't want to lose my clout (Never Keeping Secrets; performing artist: Babyface; writing credit: Babyface)

Diva with clout (You Gets No Love; performing artist: Faith Evans)

Cuz you ain't gonna gain no clout, no doubt (Take Your Time; performing artist: HOT)

And I know he got clout (I'm a Thug; performing artist: Trick Daddy)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• How to Make Citizen Involvement Work: Strategies for Developing Clout (reference)

• Office Politics: Seizing Power, Wielding Clout (reference)

• Spenser and the Poetics of Pastoral: A Study of the World of Colin Clout (reference)

• Submission: Impossible: The Controversy, the Criteria, the Counterfeits, and the Clout (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Economic History

Ukraine

Ukraine's hesitation to liberalize its telecommunications industry gave Ukrtelecom a substantial degree of clout in both the political and business communities. (references)

Zimbabwe

GOZ official policy is to encourage competition within the private sector, and the government is concerned about an "over-concentration" of market clout among only a few companies in several industries. (references)

Morocco

Once strong and politically influential, the Moroccan trade union movement is now fragmented and no longer possesses the political clout it carried 45 years ago when it helped lead the country to independence. (references)

Trade

Taiwan

Farmer and food sector opposition to the reduction of agricultural product tariffs is vigorous, and these groups have substantial political clout. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "clout": clout nail ♦ clout smb. ♦ swaddling clout. Additional references.

Ending with "clout": breech-clout.

Albanian

tabelë qitjeje, shpullë (clip, slap, swipe, wallop), qëlloj (batter, clip, conk, discharge, fetch, flap, get, hammer, hit, impinge, knock, lay out, paddle, poke, pop, pot, pound, rifle, shoot, slap, slug, smite, strike, switch), pushtet (arm, ascendancy, ascendency, attribution, Caesar, clutches, jurisdiction, nomocracy, power, reign), ndikim (drag, effect, hold, impact, influence, interest, pull, reaction, stimulus, sway), godit (bash, beat, biff, buffet, bump, butt, clip, conk, deal, defeat, hit, impinge, instigate, joggle, jostle, knock, pound, shock, shove, slam, smite, stab, strike, tap, thrash, thwack, whack), godas (affect, astonish smb., bash, beat, biff, buffet, bump, butt, clip, conk, defeat, drop, hit, impinge, knock, pound, smite, stab, strike, whack), dackë (buffet, slap), arnë (patch). (various references)

Arabic 

‏يد طويلة, ‏هدف (aim, butt, end, goal, ideal, intent, intention, mark, object, objective, plan, purpose, study, target, tendency, view), ‏نفوذ (authority, in, influence, leverage, potency, power, prestige, purchase, reign, standing, tutelage, weight, weightiness), ‏قوة (ability, agency, arm, authority, birr, capacity, dint, energy, faculty, force, forcefulness, forcing, hardihood, intension, intensity, iron, leverage, might, operation, potency, power, severity, sinew, solidity, stamina, starch, stoutness, strength, vehemence, vigor, vigour, violence, virility, virtue), ‏ضربة (bang, beating, belt, biff, blow, bob, bump, chap, hurt, inflexion, infliction, lash, pelt, plug, pulse, shot, smack, sock, strike, stroke, tank, thrust, wipe), ‏ضرب بقوة (batter about, lash, pound, slog, smack, thump, thwack, triturate). (various references)

Bulgarian 

шайба (disc, disk, puck, rigger, sheave, shim, stud, stuffing, washer), железце за обувки, парцал (dishcloth, dishrag, duster, frazzle, rag, tatter). (various references)

Chinese 

影�"� (Affect, Affecting, Effected, Effecting, INFLUENCE, Influenced, Influencing). (various references)

Czech

záplata (patch), vliv (drift, effect, hold, influence, leverage, pull), slovo (word), rána (bang, bash, biff, blow, bounce, hit, knock, rap, report, shock, shot, slap, slash, sock, strike, stroke, swipe, whack, whang, wound), pohlavek (cuff, slap), moc (authority, badly, enormously, force, forcefulness, might, mighty, much, potency, power, strength, sway, too, very). (various references)

Danish

papsoem (clout nail, flat headed nail), daeksnagle (clout nail). (various references)

Dutch

korvijnagel (belaying pin, clout nail), asfaltnagel (clout nail, flat headed nail). (various references)

Farsi 

پارچه کهنه , چرم یاپارچه مندرس , کهنه (Ancient, Antique, Archaic, Bygone, Dead, Gray, Lint, Musty, Obsolescent, Obsolete, Old, Olden, Pokey, Ragged, Rundown, Shabby, Tacky, Timeworn, Wad), وصله کردن (Clobber, Patch, Piece, Vamp), زدن (Abaction, Amputate, Attain, Beat, Bop, Bruise, Cut, Haze, Imprint, Inject, Koran, Lam, Light, Lodge, Mallet, Nail, Play, Poke, Pop, Shoot, Slap, Slat, Smite, Snip, Strike, Stroke, Whack). (various references)

Finnish

huopanaula (clout nail, flat headed nail). (various references)

French

coup de poing, chiffon (cloth), vêtement (clothing), mouchoir, influence, donner un coup de poing, but, bras long, beigne. (various references)

German

Lappen (bill, cloth, clouts, flannel, fold of skin, lobe, lobes, rag, rags, scrap), kopfnuss (clip). (various references)

Greek 

καρπαζώνω, καρπαζιά (smack). (various references)

Hungarian

törlőrongy (mop), rongy (piece of linen, rag, shred, snotty, tatter), pofon (biff, buffet, clinker, clip, cut, kick in the pants, kick in the teeth, slap in the face, slap in the kisser, slosh, smack in the face, to land sy one in the face, wham). (various references)

Indonesian

kekuasaan (authorization, dominance, domination, hegemony, power, sway). (various references)

Italian

colpo (bang, beat, blow, bout, buffet, bump, chop, clap, dab, dash, fit, flap, flick, hit, hitch, hoot, jab, knock, pelt, punch, punishment, putt, rap, shock, shot, slam, slap, sock, splash, stamp, sting, strike, stroke, thump, thwack, whack), colpire (affect, bang, beat, buffet, bump, catch, damage, dazzle, hit, jab, knock, Lam, pelt, poke, pound, punch, rap, run across, shock, shoot, slap, smite, sock, spear, strike, strike down, swat, swipe, thwack), lobo (earlobe, lobe, rag, rags). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

影響力 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

えいきょうりょく. (various references)

Korean 

강타 (bang, Bangs, bash, Bashing, smite, Smiting, swat, swipe, Swiping, thump). (various references)

Manx

tarnoal (blow, clump, knockdown blow, knockout, stroke), losh (blow, thump), labbal (banging, bash, buffeting, clouting, cuff, hit, hitting, knock, strike, striking, thump, thumping), labb (bash, blow, bump, cuff, thump), cur tarnoal da (lay out), cur losh da. (various references)

Pig Latin

outclay.(various references)

Portuguese

cravar (affix, cadge, determine, embed, fasten, insert, make fast, nail, pitch, plant, secure, stare at, stick), consertar (cooper, darn, doctor, fix, fix up, make up, mend, nib, patch, patch up, recondition, refit, renovate, repair, restore, revamp, vamp), tacha larga, remendo (botch, mend, mending, patch, piece, tinker), remendar (botch, bushel, darn, fudge, mend, patch, patch up, piece, revamp, run up, slubber, vamp), protetor (calkin, candle-holder, defensive, friend, guard, guardian, keeper, nurse, patron, protective, protector, second, shield, tutelar, upholder), pano de limpeza, pancada (bang, bash, bat, biff, blow, bob, bop, crack, cram, dint, drub, flaw, flick, knock, lick, milling, pelt, plunk, shock, smacker, stinger, strike, stroke, swat), ferrar (brand, calk, hook, nip, savage), esmurrar (bang, paste, pound, punch, soak, thump), alvo (aim, blank, butt, clean, cockshot, dart board, drift, goal, mark, niveous, object, purpose, shot, target, tee). (various references)

Romanian

potcoavã (horseshoe, shoe), palmã (crack, cuff, palm, slap, span, spank), ţintã (aim, blaze, butt, design, end, goal, hobnail, ideal, nail, object, objective, peg, pin, purport, purpose, pursuit, tack, target, weltnail, whither). (various references)

Russian 

гвоздь с плоской шляпкой (clout nail, clout-nail), затрещина (crack), заплата (botch, patch, vamp), лоскут (patch). (various references)

Scottish

clùdan (tatter). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

udariti (bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, bump, clock, conk, drive in, hack, hit, jog, knock, paw, percuss, poke, punch, ram, rap, shock, strike, stub, swipe, wallop, whack), snaga (brawn, firmness, force, kick, leverage, might, potency, power, rankness, sap, sinew, stamina, strength, sturdiness, vigor, vigour, wallop), šelna. (various references)

Spanish

trapo (cloth, Cork, cover, dishcloth, drier, duster, rag, rags, swab, swob), tortazo (biff, sock), influencia (ascendancy, Diapason, heft, hold, impact, inflow, influence, influx, power, pressure, sway), fuerza (boldness, cogency, constraint, force, forging, heaviness, intensity, juice, kick, loudness, might, mightiness, onrush, pithiness, power, pressure, punch, stiffness, strength, stress, vigour, weight), dar un tortazo a. (various references)

Swedish

trasa (cloth, rag, scrap, shred, tatter). (various references)

Turkish

vurmak (bang, bat, beat, beat down, bruise, bust, catapult, catch, chime, clap, clip, dash, deal, grass, gun, hit, impinge, inflict, kayo, knock, land, lay out, lay to, Lodge, Mall, nail, pack, percuss, pip, plant, plonk, plug, plunk, pound, prick, pummel, punch, putt, ram, shoot, shoot off, slog, smash, sock, strike, stroke, stub, swat, swinge, switch, whack, zap), tokat (box, buffet, cuff, lick, slap, slap in the face, smack, sock, wipe, wiper), prestij (cachet, prestige), paçavra (rag, scrap, scraps, shred, swab, tatter), nüfuz (authority, diffusion, dominance, domination, force, hold, influence, interest, moment, penetration, prestige, pull, purchase, wire), indirmek (bash, bring down, cast down, clip, clump, cut, degrade, dismount, down, draw down, drop off, dump, land, lay low, let down, lift down, lower, plant, put down, reduce, relegate, send down, set down, strike, take down, take from, take off, unlade), hedef (aim, blank, bourn, Bourne, butt, cock-shy, destination, goal, home, intention, land of promise, Mark, object, objective, promised land, purpose, rover, target, terminus), güç (ability, arduous, arm, baffling, capability, capacity, clutch, clutches, command, control, difficult, dominance, energy, force, forcefulness, hard, intensity, iron, might, pep, pith, potency, potential, power, punch, rod, sinew, spirit, stamina, steam, sting, strength, stuffing, sword, tone, tricksy, vigor, vigour, vim, vis, vitality, zing), etki (action, bearing, drag, drift, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, force, forcefulness, hold, impact, impress, impression, imprint, incidence, influence, interest, jolt, leaven, penetration, point, potency, pull, purchase, reflection, reflexion, ring, sound, stamp, sway, virtue, weight), darbe (bash, beat, biff, blow, brunt, bump, chop, clip, concussion, coup, coup de main, coup d'etat, crusher, cut, dash, facer, finisher, hack, hit, ictus, impact, jolt, kayo, knock, pound, putsch, shock, smasher, stroke, thwack, whack, whammy). (various references)

Ukrainian

шматок (bar, bit, gobbet, junk, slog, wad), клапоть (jag), грубо латати, грудка землі, ганчірка (rag, tatter, wiper), ляпас (buffet, cuff, souse), латка (botch, patch, vamp), давати ляпаса (buffet). (various references)

Welsh

clwt (patch, rag), clewtian, clewt, cerpyn (rag), carp (rag), cadach (cloth, kerchief, rag), pilyn (garment, rag), llarp (shred), brat (pinafore, rag). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "clout": clouted, clouter, clouters, clouting, clouts. (additional references)

Words ending with "clout": breechclout, dishclout. (additional references)

Words containing "clout": breechclouts, dishclouts. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Clout" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alout, blout, cloat, cloath, cloau, Cloete, cloft, cloit, Clont, clou, clouf, cloute, Clouth, Cluett, clut, colou, cout, Coutt, Crout, culot, klooit, slout. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: clot, colt, cult, lout, tolu.

-2 letters: col, cot, cut, lot, out.

-3 letters: lo, to, ut.

+1 letter: clouts, locust, occult, toluic.

+2 letters: cloture, clouted, clouter, consult, couldst, coulter, couplet, courtly, culotte, linocut, locknut, lockout, locusta, locusts, noctule, occults, octuple, octuply, oculist, potluck, talcous.

+3 letters: blackout, bluecoat, calutron, closeout, clotured, clotures, cloudlet, clouters, clouting, clubfoot, clubroot, comatula, consults, copulate, couldest, coulters, couplets, culottes, lacteous, leukotic, linocuts, locknuts, lockouts, loculate, locustae, locustal, locution, locutory, noctules, occulted, occulter, occultly, octupled, octuples, octuplet, octuplex, oculists, osculant, osculate, outcavil, outclass, outclimb, outclomb, outcrawl, outscold, outslick, plutonic, potlucks, poultice, sculptor, selcouth, touchily, unclothe.