clobber1

[klob-er] /ˈklɒb ər/
verb (used with object), Slang.
1.
to batter severely; strike heavily:
He tried to clobber me with his club.
2.
to defeat decisively; drub; trounce.
3.
to denounce or criticize vigorously.
Origin
1940-45, Americanism; origin uncertain
Synonyms
2. whip, thrash, lick.

clobber3

[klob-er] /ˈklɒb ər/
verb (used with object)
1.
to paint over existing decoration on (a ceramic piece).
Origin
1850-55; earlier, to mend, patch up (clothes or shoes); of obscure origin

clobber4

[klob-er] /ˈklɒb ər/
noun, verb (used without object), South Midland and Southern U.S.
1.
clabber.
Regional variation note
See clabber.
Examples from the web for clobbered
  • If so, that temporarily propped-up self-esteem usually gets clobbered by the repercussions of procrastination.
  • Then he clobbered the village whose postwar prosperity he had largely created.
  • If a detainee so much as raises his head, he is threatened or clobbered.
  • It's so much, well, psychologically healthier for us to see machines getting clobbered than people.
  • The big exception now is bank stocks, which have been clobbered because of the credit crunch.
  • Then earthquake, tsunami and a nuclear accident clobbered the world's third-largest economy.
  • Equity markets, which had taken a battering over the summer, have been clobbered again this week.
  • The economy will also be clobbered by cuts in capital spending.
  • Prestigious brands have been clobbered as much as volume manufacturers.
  • In military terms the insurgents have been clobbered in swathes of the south.
British Dictionary definitions for clobbered

clobber1

/ˈklɒbə/
verb (transitive) (slang)
1.
to beat or batter
2.
to defeat utterly
3.
to criticize severely
Word Origin
C20: of unknown origin

clobber2

/ˈklɒbə/
noun
1.
(Brit, slang) personal belongings, such as clothes and accessories
Word Origin
C19: of unknown origin

clobber3

/ˈklɒbə/
verb
1.
(transitive) to paint over existing decoration on (pottery)
Word Origin
C19 (originally in the sense: to patch up): of uncertain origin; perhaps related to clobber²
Word Origin and History for clobbered

clobber

v.

1941, British air force slang, probably related to bombing; possibly echoic. Related: Clobbered; clobbering. In late 19c. British slang the word principally had to do with clothing, e.g. clobber (n.) "clothes," (v.) "to dress smartly;" clobber up "to patch old clothes for reuse."

Slang definitions & phrases for clobbered

clobbered

adjective

Drunk: those who are, to use a word presently popular with the younger drinking set, clobbered (1950s+)


clobber

verb
  1. To hit or attack very hard; bash •Appears to have been popularized by WWII RAF
  2. To defeat decisively; trounce; murder, wipe out: Rommel got clobbered at El Alamein

[1940s+; origin unknown; perhaps fr Scots clabber, ''spatter, cover with mud'']