Clout

What do we mean by clout?

Influence; pull. noun

Power; muscle. noun

A blow, especially with the fist. noun

A long powerful hit. noun

An archery target. noun

To hit, especially with the fist. transitive verb

A piece of cloth, especially a baby's diaper. noun

A blow with the hand; a cuff. noun

To patch; mend by sewing on a clout or patch; cobble; hence, to join clumsily.

To cover with a piece of cloth or with rags; bandage.

To rub with an old piece of cloth, felt, or the like.

To strike with the hand; cuff.

A patch; a piece of cloth, leather, etc., used to mend something. noun

Any piece of cloth, especially a worthless piece, or one designed for a mean use; a rag. noun

Any small piece; a fragment; a tatter; a bit. noun

In archery: The mark fixed in the center of the butts at which archers are shooting. noun

A small white target placed near the ground. noun

An arrow that has hit the target. noun

Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

A blow with the hand.

A home run.

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

A swaddling cloth.

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

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

A piece; a fragment.

Words that are spelled similarly to clout:
clout, cloud, flout, lout, clot, glout, cout, chout, cloot, clou, crout, clut, clouet, clour, claut, plout, clous, blout.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word clout:
archery, arrows, nail, lobby, persuade, patronage, scandal, politicians, tribune, influence, politics, push, minority, connections, voting, influential, shoot, raising, tenure, secure, substitute, demands, ensure.

Words that rhyme with clout:
out, about, route, doubt, tout, rout, throughout, scout, drought, bout, without, stout, flout, pout, sprout, layout, fallout, gout, shout, trout, rollout, lout, spout, roundabout, devout, check out, bailout, breakout, redoubt, work out, blackout, workout, carry out, lookout, handout, turn out, knockout, turnout, set out, checkout, snout, timeout, burnout, make out, grout, figure out, blowout, dropout, put out, take out, washout, payout, call out, takeout, sauerkraut, cutout, roll out, sort out, hangout, standout, buyout, lay out, bail out, freak out, find out, hang out, reach out, printout, break out, bring about, look out, point out, rule out, play out, come out, stand out, lockout, readout, fall out, hold out, holdout, dugout, glout, reroute, ridout, pull out, cookout, drop out, knock out, tryout, cut out, knout, fill out, bring out, get out, eke out, lash out, hideout, run out, time out.

Adjectives that are often used to describe clout:
political, economic, more, considerable, enough, financial, breech, little, much, sufficient, greater, real, enormous, less, military, tremendous, electoral, significant, substantial, international, potential, organizational, necessary, legal, diplomatic, institutional, extra, collective, legislative, bureaucratic, wet, corporate, global, dirty, immense, administrative, office, least, formidable, terrific, disproportionate, congressional, dish, mighty, sheer, regulatory, impressive, making, unprecedented, hefty, insufficient, breach.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective clout:
nails, shooting.

Consonant match to clout:
clot, cleat, klute, clute, clote, cloot, klett, klatt, cliett, clott, clyte, klugt.

Words that sound like clout:
clout, clot, claut, claught, cloud, clit, cleat, clut, cleet, clat, klit, clute, klute, clet, klatt, clate, klett, clite, clote, cloot, kloot, klette, glout, clod, clawed, claude, claud, clyde, clad, cout, clud, clued, clough, clade, glot, callout, cloyd, call out, cloyed, clouts, call-out, clid, clowes, cool out, clt, kleid, clayed, klad, klt, kohout, key out, clewed, cloughs, clouter, cull out, gloat, glut, all-out, glute, glit, gleet, glatt, glat, all out, caught, cloth, claws, claw, clause, cot, claus, clocked, cott, clots, quat, clart, kot, claas, quate, qat, culottes, caat, culotte, khat, clotter, klotz, caut, clotty, kott, clopped, cotte, klaw, closh, caute, qot, kiaat, kotte, khot, kaut, calotte.