Dictionary entry

Clout

Pronunciation: /klaʊt/

Pronunciation

/klaʊt/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ရိုက်နှက်ချက်။ထိုးနှက်ချက်။ (v) ရိုက်နှက်သည်။ထိုးနှက်သည်။

Definition

clout /klaƱt/ n ( infml ) ၁။ [C] လက္သံေျပာင္ေသာ ႐ိုက္ခ်က္။ get a clout across the back of the head ❍ He gave the ball a terrific clout. ၂။ [U] ဩဇာ။ အာဏာ။ This union hasn't much clout with the government. v ( infml ) လက္သံေျပာင္ေျပာင္ႏွင့္ ႐ိုက္သည္၊ ႏွက္သည္။

Examples

  1. It is a system in which individual voters have more clout.
  2. [political/financial/economic clout] : The government has less political clout than the opposition on this issue.