clout

  1. Noun.  Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
  2. Noun.  (regional, informal) A blow with the hand.
  3. Noun.  (informal) A home run.
  4. Noun.  (archery) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
  5. Noun.  (regional, dated) A swaddling cloth.
  6. Noun.  (archaic) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
  7. Noun.  (archaic) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
  8. Noun.  (obsolete) A piece; a fragment.
  9. Verb.  (uncommon) To hit, especially with the fist.

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