Definition of Clout

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Definition of Clout

Clout

A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

A swadding cloth.

A piece; a fragment.

The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

A blow with the hand.

To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.

To join or patch clumsily.

To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.

To give a blow to; to strike.

To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.

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Clout Quotations

The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration.
Bashar al-Assad

In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington.
Fred Thompson

The 9/11 Commission strongly recommends that the National Intelligence Director be fully in control of the budget, from developing it to implementing it, to ensuring that the National Intelligence Director has the clout to make decisions.
Leonard Boswell

I didn't do it because of the underlying greed that's prevailing, but it is about greed, doing the right thing at the right time using your clout when you have it and what for and what reason.
Danny DeVito

Already this war on gangs in California is taking money from universities to build prisons, and the universities have some clout.
Tom Hayden

I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence.
Charles Dance

There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout.
Traian Basescu

The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.
Benjamin C. Bradlee

Clout Translations

clout in Italian is lobo
clout in Spanish is trapo
clout in Swedish is trasa

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