Definition of "clobber" in English

verb

1. (transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.

   • 2000 November 30, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 3034, Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the East African Standard newspaper we saw a picture of a man being carried away after being clobbered. We also saw women being clobbered by well-built policemen using big clubs. They were clobbering women who had already fallen on the ground.

2. (transitive, computing, slang) To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.

noun

1. (slang) A thumping or beating.

2. A bash on say the head, typically with a tool or object rather than with fists.

noun

1. (Australia, British, slang) Clothing; clothes.

   • I was thinkin' of the widow while I gets me clobber on— / Like a feller will start thinkin' of the times that's past an' gone.

2. (British, slang) Equipment.

noun

1. A paste used by shoemakers to hide the cracks in leather.