clobbering

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noun

A beating; a thrashing; a thorough defeat.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of clobber
nounclobbering (plural clobberings)

plural clobberings

  1. informalA beating; a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
adjectiveclobbering (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat clobbers.

    It seems as if they traded in the complexity of a full range of troubling emotion for the clobbering pathos of the shouting match.

    2012, Scott Hales, My Final Verdict on 'A Roof Overhead'

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
beatingboom-boomclobberdressing-downgoing oversmackdown
Cite this entry
APA

clobbering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clobbering

MLA

“clobbering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clobbering. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clobbering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clobbering.

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