(n.) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
(n.) A swadding cloth.
(n.) A piece; a fragment.
(n.) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
(n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
(n.) A blow with the hand.
(n.) To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.
(n.) To join or patch clumsily.
(n.) To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
(n.) To give a blow to; to strike.
(n.) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bargaining is a question of clout, and which side has more of it.
(2) The growing power of public sector employees allowed them to win better pay and conditions, and gave them a degree of political clout.
(3) Also, the sections of the public keenest on the BBC – women, younger Britons, people in the south-east of England, the wealthier ABC1 social categories – have considerable political clout.
(4) For a start it was a powerful coalition of organisations – which carried serious clout.
(5) White, backed by the financial clout of the US treasury, prevailed.
(6) Gallenzi, though, believes it still has the clout to stand up to Amazon.
(7) And that means they need to use their lobbying abilities, they need to use their commercial clout to force the government to be more responsible in whatever jurisdiction it is, in safeguarding our public interests.
(8) Although he is from the Pashtun ethnic group that dominates south Afghanistan , Ghani's tribe has traditionally had more clout in the east.
(9) King said Ryan, an influential voice on budgetary matters who was Mitt Romney’s presidential running mate in 2012, was the only person with the clout to run for speaker.
(10) China has far greater clout than Spain in Argentina, whose economy is heavily dependent on soya exports to the Asian giant, leading to speculation that Fernández might strike her own deal with Sinopec, effectively handing even greater control over Argentina's economy to Beijing.
(11) Political action committees are a means for individuals to join together so they have some clout in the political process, Symons said.
(12) As the Americans draw down their forces, their clout is visibly weakening.
(13) "Part of what has given Britain clout in the last 15 years has been that our economy has been seen to be successful, but the whole Anglo-Saxon model has taken a great knock," says Niblett.
(14) At the time of the handover, the then foreign secretary, Robin Cook, reiterated that Britain would use its clout to defend Hong Kong and its freedoms.
(15) US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks refer to Hadi as a putative reformer, albeit one who had enjoyed little clout among Yemeni powerbrokers.
(16) Less than a fifth of English voters think that Scottish independence would diminish the rest of Britain's clout in the world.
(17) Film-makers with clout could circumvent the system, but when most directors are straight, white men making films about straight, white men, we don’t tend to get a very diverse lineup of films.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.
(18) Patrick Connolly of IFA firm AWD Chase de Vere is more sceptical about the power of individual shareholders, but says institutional investors do have a lot of clout.
(19) He was credited with helping YouView get its house in order and giving it some much-needed commercial clout.
(20) But if and as it grows, it will give China the clout in regional financing that membership of the ADB has not allowed it to wield, in spite being a generous capital provider to it.
Oomph
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) A pologies in advance for the lack of fizz, the absence of oomph, the non-appearance of verve in today's Rumour Mill.
(2) "Let's try a sultry one," the photographer says and she turns up the oomph.
(3) Spectacular architecture, vibrant festivals and flamenco flamboyance; Seville has plenty of peacock oomph.
(4) "If Sixty Minutes and the news outlets portray this as a new wave in American politics, and De Blasio as a courageous man taking on inequality, they could create an oomph that will make other politicians afraid to oppose him."
(5) From this perspective, the relative lack of earning and public power of the majority of women can be seen not as the result of discrimination but of good old nature (women choosing to do less paid work), or a simple lack of personal or career oomph.
(6) There is a little bit more oomph to these storms when they do develop, the so-called nor’easters in particular,” said Nor’easters pack their punch from the contrast between cold land temperatures and the warmer Gulf stream and surrounding waters.
(7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Queueing at a London Muslim Centre meeting The star turn is Guardian columnist and activist Owen Jones , who gives a speech, some of which he reads off his phone, about the Diggers and suffragettes; it’s delivered with his customary oomph.
(8) Moreover, though modern Tories have their own versions of all these problems, Labour seems to suffer from an altogether deeper pathology – perhaps because, whereas the Conservatives are confident enough to voice their ideas with that bit more clarity and oomph, Labour is still so scared of its own shadow that it too often ends up sounding downright strange.
(9) Thankfully André Schürrle and Mario Götze eventually reduced the deficit, putting a bit more oomph into his delivery.
(10) Johnson was a puncher-boxer and dandy; Dempsey an uncomplicated hitter; Tunney had grace and nerve and fast feet; Louis’s fast hands punched in a blur of combinations, and he had a killer instinct as well as chivalry; Marciano had relentless oomph and steam-hammer cruelty.
(11) Fed officials are likely to view the economy as having a bit more ‘oomph’ than originally thought heading into Q3,” he wrote in a note to investors.
(12) There again, there were rumblings about developments over the next couple of days, and the idea that – just maybe – a few high-ranking Labour people might belatedly act, and give the third anti-Brown heave the oomph and coherence it has so far lacked.
(13) Within seven days of his appointment last month as care services minister, Lamb was promising the "political oomph" necessary to take the concept of integration from the pages of academic journals and isolated examples of good practice, and apply it across the health and social care system.
(14) He is absolutely correct, too, in his description of the Tories, who are "confident enough to voice their ideas with that bit more clarity and oomph".
(15) I’m not sure about Jeremy Corbyn at all – he hasn’t got the oomph to be leader,” she says.
(16) It takes the oomph out of a good comedic punch if the target is an inflatable clown who keeps popping back up.
(17) The third Scotland's main constituent parts are National Collective, the Radical Independence Campaign – a loose coalition of greens, ex-Labour lefties and socialist-inclined newbies – and, by way of ideological oomph, the Jimmy Reid Foundation .
(18) I know he will put everything into it to give NCS the additional support and oomph it needs.
(19) It certainly is: this is a proposal, after all, with all the ideological oomph and toxicity of the poll tax , if not more.
(20) In a sense, the lack of oomph in the property market is curious.