[syn: cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
clobber \clobber\ n.
personal possessions; -- an informal term; as, did you take
all your clobber?.
Syn: stuff.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clobber
n 1: informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all
your clobber?" [syn: stuff, clobber]
v 1: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who
tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, baste, batter]
2: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;
"We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat,
clobber, drub, thrash, lick]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
clobber
To overwrite, usually unintentionally: "I walked off
the end of the array and clobbered the stack."
Compare mung, scribble, trash, smash the stack.
[Jargon File]
(1994-12-16)
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
clobber
vt.
To overwrite, usually unintentionally: “I walked off the end of the array
and clobbered the stack.” Compare mung, scribble, trash, and smash
the stack.