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clobber

clob·ber/ˈklɑb.ɚ/verb, noun

clobber is spelled C-L-O-B-B-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (clob·ber). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, clobber means “To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in clobber?

Letters7: C-L-O-B-B-E-R
Syllables2: clob·ber
In writingabout once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is clobber?

Clobber appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce clobber?

  • UK /ˈklɒb.ə(ɹ)/
  • US /ˈklɑb.ɚ/

Clobber has 2 syllables, split clob·ber in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_clobber.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with clobber?

3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as clobber from its last stressed vowel (/ɑbəɹ/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: cobbler.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of clobber

  • clobbers present, singular, he/she/it
  • clobbering participle, present
  • clobbered participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does clobber mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    slangTo hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.

  2. 2

    slangTo overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.

noun

  1. 1

    slangA beating.

    Near-synonyms: clobbering, clubbing, thumping

  2. 2

    A bash on say the head, typically with a tool or object rather than with fists.

  3. 3

    AustraliaUKslangClothing; clothes.

    I was thinkin' of the widow while I gets me clobber on– / Like a feller will start thinkin' of the times that's past an' gone.

  4. 4

    UKslangEquipment.

  5. 5

    A paste used by shoemakers to hide the cracks in leather.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Clobber in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchtabassage (to hit or bash severely), écraser (to overwrite or override, often unintentionally)
Germandreschen, durchhauen (to hit or bash severely), überschreiben (to overwrite or override, often unintentionally)
Portuguesearrebentar (to hit or bash severely)
Spanishzurrar, arruinar, aporrear, apalear (to hit or bash severely), sobrellevar (to overwrite or override, often unintentionally)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does clobber come from?

British slang from 1941; possibly onomatopoeic of the sound of detonated bombs in the distance.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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