as in knocked
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
sick of being insulted, he swung around and clocked his tormentor hard enough to knock him off his bar stool
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Recent Examples of clocked
Cannes in 2026 was the year the advertising power players finally clocked that, in a world of unlimited creator placements.
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Taylor Reilly,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
While the marathon shopping event technically clocked out yesterday, a whole bevy of Prime Day furniture deals are still going.
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Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
27 June 2026
Sinner's appearance Saturday clocked in at about 10 minutes, 30 seconds.
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ABC News,
27 June 2026
The Meridian resident was considered a fugitive after allegedly fleeing a traffic stop in Eagle just after midnight on May 7, after being clocked at speeds of faster than 80 mph on Chinden Road, the release said.
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Rachel Roberts,
Idaho Statesman,
24 June 2026
Flame-throwing Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski faced off with 35-year-old Braves starter Martín Pérez and his sinker, which was clocked at 89 mph.
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Fisher Isbell,
AJC.com,
20 June 2026
Applied Materials gained almost 9% this week and ended with an RSI of 77, while Western Digital clocked a nearly 33% advance and RSI of 78.
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Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
19 June 2026
The streamer said the film has clocked 600M views since its debut and hit the top 10 in all 93 countries where the streamer has top 10 lists.
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Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
Today’s clocked in at just 130.
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Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Taylor Reilly,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
While the marathon shopping event technically clocked out yesterday, a whole bevy of Prime Day furniture deals are still going.
—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
27 June 2026
Sinner's appearance Saturday clocked in at about 10 minutes, 30 seconds.
—
ABC News,
27 June 2026
The Meridian resident was considered a fugitive after allegedly fleeing a traffic stop in Eagle just after midnight on May 7, after being clocked at speeds of faster than 80 mph on Chinden Road, the release said.
—
Rachel Roberts,
Idaho Statesman,
24 June 2026
Flame-throwing Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski faced off with 35-year-old Braves starter Martín Pérez and his sinker, which was clocked at 89 mph.
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Fisher Isbell,
AJC.com,
20 June 2026
Applied Materials gained almost 9% this week and ended with an RSI of 77, while Western Digital clocked a nearly 33% advance and RSI of 78.
—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
19 June 2026
The streamer said the film has clocked 600M views since its debut and hit the top 10 in all 93 countries where the streamer has top 10 lists.
—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
Today’s clocked in at just 130.
—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clocked
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Tatis led off and knocked Boyd's fifth pitch over the left-field bleachers onto Waveland Avenue, before Chicago answered in the bottom of the inning when Seiya Suzuki scored on Carson Kelly's RBI single.
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Kale said her 11-year-old and 16-year-old sons knocked the bat off her and killed it.
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Against Cardinals’ starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore, the Braves mustered just one hit and one run through five innings of an eventual 5-3 loss.
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Thomas had hit a leadoff double, but Michael Massey, Salvador Perez and John Rave failed to drive him in.
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Some of them slapped strict limits on all gas stations; in others, gas station chains limited how much fuel could be bought.
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Actor Orlando Brown slapped recording artist Ray J in the face with a wad of cash.
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Eury Perez dominated with seven perfect innings, and the Miami Marlins smacked four homers before holding on for a wild 9-8 victory over the host Athletics on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
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Wyatt-Hodge, who launched the tournament two weeks ago with a century against Sri Lanka, smacked a 32-ball fifty.
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That punched El Tri's ticket straight to the Round of 16 and kept the host nation's tournament dream alive for at least one more match.
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Rocha punched it in the nose and the shark let go and swam away.
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In a scathing Instagram post this morning, LuPone, who has long been devoted to her equally enamored gay fandom, slammed Turkey’s latest homophobic move.
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Investigators said the Tesla slammed through a brick home at a high rate of speed, fatally striking Avila.
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Haaland and his teammates sat on the wet pitch as Ødegaard banged the drum.
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Soon, the players on the field joined in, sitting down and rowing as captain Martin Ødegaard banged a large drum.
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As the song concluded, the soon-to-be citizens clapped and returned to their seats, while another speaker asked them to stand and remain standing when their country was called.
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Holding small American flags, the cohort of new citizens waved and clapped along to patriotic music sung by the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus’ TOSCA a capella ensemble.
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“Clocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clocked. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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