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n. A blow, especially with the fist.

n. Baseball A long powerful hit.

n. Sports An archery target.

n. Informal Influence; pull: "Women in dual-earner households are gaining in job status and earnings ... giving them more clout at work and at home” ( Sue Shellenbarger).

n. Informal Power; muscle.

n. Chiefly Midland U.S. A piece of cloth, especially a baby's diaper.

v. To hit, especially with the fist.

n. Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

n. A blow with the hand.

n. A home run.

n. The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

n. A swaddling cloth.

n. A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

n. An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

n. A piece; a fragment.

v. To hit, especially with the fist.

n. A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

n. A swadding cloth.

n. A piece; a fragment.

n. The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

n. An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

n. A blow with the hand.

v. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.

v. To join or patch clumsily.

v. To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.

v. To give a blow to; to strike.

v. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.

n. A patch; a piece of cloth, leather, etc., used to mend something.

n. Any piece of cloth, especially a worthless piece, or one designed for a mean use; a rag.

n. Any small piece; a fragment; a tatter; a bit.

n. In archery: The mark fixed in the center of the butts at which archers are shooting.

n. A small white target placed near the ground.

n. An arrow that has hit the target.

n. An iron plate fastened upon an axletree to keep it from wearing.

To patch; mend by sewing on a clout or patch; cobble; hence, to join clumsily.

To cover with a piece of cloth or with rags; bandage.

To rub with an old piece of cloth, felt, or the like.

n. A blow with the hand; a cuff.

To strike with the hand; cuff.

n. Same as clout-nail.

To stud or fasten with nails.

n. special advantage or influence

n. (boxing) a blow with the fist

n. a target used in archery

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

v. strike hard, especially with the fist

"You speculated how the word clout came to mean “to steal.”"

clouted    clouting    clouts   

advantage    vantage    target    mark    nail    strike   

cloth    patch    rag    piece    fragment    washer    strike    blowy    repair    lump   

Kraut    Redoubt    about    all-out    bout    crout    devout    doubt    drought    flout   

firepower    leverage    prestige    downturn    manpower    leeway    advisors