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clout

The correct spelling is clout.

How to pronounce clout

/klʌʊt/
noun

IPA: /klʌʊt/

Say it like: Clo-wt

The correct spelling is clout. Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
  2. 2.A blow with the hand.
  3. 3.A home run.
  4. 4.The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
  5. 5.A swaddling cloth.

verb

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

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