SpellRight › Spelling
Rareclout
The correct spelling is clout.
How to pronounce clout
/klʌʊt/
nounIPA: /klʌʊt/
Say it like: Clo-wt
The correct spelling is clout. Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
Usage Examples
No usage examples in context are available for this word.
Meanings
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.
verb
- 1.To hit, 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.
Similar words
Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.