- clobbered
- AmericandrunkThe common beating imagery. It was used by Thurber in the New Yorker in 1951, but may now be obsolete.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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clobbered — mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ He’s the kind of guy who goes home and gets clobbered after work. □ The whole fraternity celebrated by getting themselves clobbered … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
clobbered — adjective Drunk … Wiktionary
clobbered — clob·ber || klÉ’bÉ™ v. defeat, smash, pound mercilessly; paint over a decoration, cover a decoration with paint … English contemporary dictionary
clobber — [[t]klɒ̱bə(r)[/t]] clobbers, clobbering, clobbered 1) N UNCOUNT You can refer to someone s possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber. [BRIT, INFORMAL] 2) VERB If you clobber someone, you hit them. [INFORMAL] [V n] Hillary clobbered… … English dictionary
clobber — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1879 slang British clothes 1 II. transitive verb (clobbered; clobbering) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1943 1. to pound mercilessly; … New Collegiate Dictionary
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clobber — clob|ber1 [ˈklɔbə US ˈkla:bər] v [T] informal 1.) to hit someone very hard 2.) to affect or punish someone or something badly, especially by making them lose money ▪ The paper got clobbered for libel. ▪ The company has been clobbered by falling… … Dictionary of contemporary English
clobber — 1 verb (T) informal 1 to hit someone very hard: I ll clobber you if you say that again. 2 to defeat someone very easily in a way that is embarrassing for the team that loses: The Dallas Cowboys clobbered the Buffalo Bills last night. 3 to affect… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
clob´ber|er — clob|ber «KLOB uhr», verb, noun. –v.t. Slang. 1. a) to strike or beat heavily: »If a member of one of the ten man teams happened to clobber a rival with a stick, or send him sprawling on his face, it was all part of the game (Time). b) to attack… … Useful english dictionary
