clout

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from. The sense “influence, especially political” originated in the dialect of Chicago, but has become widespread.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, Swedish, Danish , Middle High German , whence German , and dialect Russian. See also cleat.

Noun

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

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, , cloutti
 * French:
 * German:, , Durchsetzungskraft
 * Polish: znaczenie polityczne
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, influjo
 * Swedish:, slagkraft


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: cíonán
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: mamporro
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,


 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Ido:
 * Middle English: clout


 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian:, парче плат
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * Irish: ceirt
 * Middle English: clout
 * Ottoman Turkish: پاچاوره, خرقه


 * Dutch: rondel,
 * Finnish:
 * Middle English: clout


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * Middle English: clout

Verb

 * 1) To hit (someone or something), especially with the fist.
 * 2) To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
 * 3) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
 * 4) To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
 * 5) To join or patch clumsily.
 * 1) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
 * 2) To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
 * 3) To join or patch clumsily.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, třísknout, praštit,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Middle English: clouten

Etymology 1
From, from , from. Compare.

Noun

 * 1) A smaller piece of fabric; a shred:
 * 2) A patch fabric for mending.
 * 3) A bandage or dressing for wounds
 * 4) rag, tatter piece of clothing
 * 5) A larger piece of fabric; a cloth:
 * 6) Threadbare or inferior clothing.
 * 7) Cloth for wrapping babies; swaddling clothes.
 * 8) A burial shroud.
 * 9) A washer; a round metal panel.
 * 10) A fragment or shred.
 * 11) A strike, blow or hit.