English Dictionary
clobber
n : informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all
your clobber?" [syn: {stuff}]
v 1: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who
tried to attack her" [syn: {baste}, {batter}]
2: beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the
other team on Sunday!" [syn: {bat}, {drub}, {thrash}, {lick}]
English Computing Dictionary
clobber
To overwrite, usually unintentionally: "I walked off the end
of the array and clobbered the stack."
Compare {mung}, {scribble}, {trash}, and {smash the stack}.
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(1994-12-16)