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Meanings of clout in English

Portuguese
murro
Catalan
mastegot
Spanish
tortazo

(Boxing) a blow with the fist.

murro
Catalan
preeminència
Spanish
fuerza

Special advantage or influence.

preeminència

A short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood.

The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone.

Usage of clout in English
1
Put simply, they believe that serious transfer market clout will be theirs.
The Guardian
2
Others worry U.S. military clout may ultimately be used to seize resources.
Reuters
3
They also have clout as major investors in oil and coal companies.
Reuters
4
They long ago lost the numbers but they never lost their clout.
The Guardian
5
And of course asylum seekers have no economic and social clout whatever.
The Guardian
6
However, the fewer investors attend, the greater clout the rebels will have.
Reuters
7
It has more clout and it's six days a week, he added.
Reuters
8
China, meanwhile, appears to be wielding ever-greater economic clout over North Korea.
Reuters
9
Obama's modest second-term agenda so far illustrates his diminished clout in Washington.
Reuters
10
But the women's real prize is their new clout as local celebrities.
Reuters
11
There's safety, and greater clout, in numbers when negotiating with aggrieved investors.
Reuters
12
For most of the post-war era, their political clout kept subsidies flowing.
Reuters
13
You've got enough clout at this point that they probably have to.
Man on a leash
14
It's my office, my control, but Agent Bell packs major Beltway clout.
Deadly Heat
15
We have a lot of political clout and sophistication for the battle.
Wired
16
They hope to become CEOs themselves and have that kind of clout.
Perilous Shield
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United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
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