What part of speech is clouting?

Clouting can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. clouting is a verb, gerund of clout (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does clouting mean?

Definitions

Verb

clout - strike hard, especially with the fist; "He clouted his attacker"

Noun

clouting - A light plain cloth used for covering butter and farmer's baskets, and for dish and pudding cloths. The same term is often given to light cloths of the nursery diaper pattern.

Examples of clouting

#   Sentence  
1. noun I gave him a clout on his nose.
Sentence  
noun
I gave him a clout on his nose.

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