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