clobber
clobber¹
Definition
clob·ber (kläb′ər)
transitive verb
- to beat or hit repeatedly; maul
- to strike with great force
- to defeat decisively
Etymology: < ?
clobber²
Definition
clob·ber (kläb′ər)
noun
- clothing
- possessions
clobber
Usage Examples
Object
- lot: I'd clobber the lot of these noise facists.
- file: Now you do not want to clobber the files already present.
- register: If your assembler instruction can alter the condition code register, add cc to the list of clobbered registers.
- driver: Four years of Labor clobbering car drivers, savers, and people with pensions and mortgages.
- library: In the scenario above, the work library will clobber the home library, and you would lose the four new references.
Subject
- call: However, the C compiler uses conventions compatible with BSD Unix: registers 2 through 5 may be clobbered by function calls.
Adjective modifier
- decent: And, talking of Baldrick, will someone please buy Mr Chapman some decent clobber?
Modifying Another Word
- financially: We don't have regrets but do wish that we are not as financially clobbered.
- not: Choose a register which is normally saved and restored by function calls on your machine, so that library routines will not clobber it.
- just: Maybe you would enjoy a clobbering just like the kid you clobbered.
- n't: You need to be aware of this so that style settings in c-mode-common-hook do n't clobber your Java style.
- again: The British again clobbered the Communists in the 1929 Meerut trial.
- really: It is solid and really clobbers the ball miles - I love it.
Preposition: for
- tax: After eight years of Labor government the poorest in society are still being clobbered for more tax than the richest.
Preposition: by
- call: However, the C compiler uses conventions compatible with BSD Unix: registers 2 through 5 may be clobbered by function calls.
Browse dictionary entries near clobber
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