clout vs undercut

clout

noun
  • A blow with the hand. 

  • A clout nail. 

  • The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head. 

  • Influence or effectiveness, especially political. 

  • A home run. 

verb
  • To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout. 

  • To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. 

  • To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree. 

  • To hit, especially with the fist. 

  • To join or patch clumsily. 

undercut

noun
  • A blow dealt upward. 

  • The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet. 

  • A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed. 

  • The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled. 

  • A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top. 

  • A section of a mold or pattern with negative draft angle 

  • A pit stop strategy in which a driver seeks to gain an advantage over someone by pitting before them and using fresh tyres to make up time. 

adj
  • Designed so as to cut from the underside. 

  • Having the parts in relief cut under. 

  • Produced by undercutting. 

verb
  • To undermine. 

  • To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor. 

  • To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath. 

  • To strike a heavy blow upward. 

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