clobber

Meanings

Verb

• To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
• To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.

Noun

• A thumping or beating.
• A bash on say the head, typically with a tool or object rather than with fists.
• Clothing; clothes.
• Equipment.
• A paste used by shoemakers to hide the cracks in leather.

Origin

• British slang from 1941; possibly onomatopoeic of the sound of detonated bombs in the distance.
• British slang from 19th century.