Words / B1

KLOB-uh/ˈklɒbə/

Clobber is informal UK for clothes or the gear you wear and carry, often uncountable: hang your clobber up. Kit is closer for sport; clothes is the neutral word. As a verb, clobber can mean hit hard — a different sense. Here the noun is the B1 household word.

Meaning

Clothes, or the things you wear and carry (UK informal, often uncountable).

Examples

• “Hang your wet clobber on the radiator in the hall.”
• “Get your clobber off the stairs before someone trips.”
• “I packed too much clobber for a weekend in Leeds.”

Good to know

clobber (UK informal, often uncountable) = clothes / gear. Neutral: clothes. Verb clobber = hit (separate sense).

Near in meaning

clothes

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