clobber

Universal Words verb, noun verb [VN] (informal) 1 to hit sb very hard: If you do that again, I'll clobber you! 2 [oftenpassive] to affect sb badly or to punish them, especially by making them lose money: The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds. 3 [usuallypassive] to defeat sb completely: We got clobbered in the game on Saturday. noun [U] (BrE, informal) a person's clothes or equipment: The real problem when travelling with a baby is the amount of clobber you have to take with you.