clobber
/ˈklɑb.ɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.28 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.
Slang; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "So the temptation to clobber was always there, and it was sometimes more difficult not to strike than it would have been to strike, and the consequences be damned."
- "2000 November 30, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 3034, Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the East African Standard newspaper we saw a picture of a man being carried away after being clobbered. We also saw women being clobbered by well-built policemen using big clubs. They were clobbering women who had already fallen on the ground."
- "Most of the job of the UNIX Oracle DBA is keeping the database running, and it does not come as a surprise when they see how easy it is to clobber a server. The following script cripples the UNIX server by an implosion of incoming jobs. This is known as a denial of service (DOS) attack[…]."
- "It is therefore clear that the system itself must be truly "clobber proof"; that is, no user may be capable of changing anyone else's program or tying up the system in any way that would disrupt normal service to other users."
- "In the slang of computer programmers, the second re-entry address is likely to "clobber" the machine's memory of the original re-entry address."
- "Inferences made in accordance with this reason are defeated by finding that the merged plan clobbers one of the causal-links in one of the constituent plans."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈklɑb.ɚ/
- British English: /ˈklɒb.ə(ɹ)/
Usage
- Slang
- Transitive verb
- Uncountable
- Australian usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
slog
slug
clobbering
clubbing
thumping
beat someone's ass
beat the crap out of
beat the daylights out of
beat the devil out of
beat the pants off
beat the piss out of
beat the poop out of