verb

hit (someone or something) hard.

I clouted him round the head

hit,strike,punch,smack,slap,cuff,thump,beat,batter,pound,pummel,thrash,rap,spank,buffet,hammer,bang,knock,box someone’s ears,wallop,belt,whack,clobber,sock,clip,bop,biff,swipe,tan,lay one on