0 present participle of clout --
1 to hit someone or something with the hand or with a heavy object: --
Has the thoughts unravel, he ends up injuring himself by clouting the wall out of agony.
The first, a simple one, has often been discussed here—that it used to be erroneously believed that clouting the trade unions was a vote winner.
Is it reasonable to expect a man you are clouting on the jaw to offer you his wage packet?
