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
But there was something else memorable and perhaps telling about this interminable game, which clocked in at 3 hours 36 minutes — the longest nine-inning Royals game of the pitch-clock era that began in 2023.
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Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
Springsteen sends serious message The purposeful show, which clocked in at a tick under three hours and featured the 17-piece E Street Band and guitarist Tom Morello alongside Springsteen, is a dichotomous design.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Closer to home, Lopez, who’s clocked a banner year that included not only Sparrow’s opening and subsequent awards, is happy to just be in the mix.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
Convention and Event Services Director Rosa Fleming said workers had already clocked more than 66,000 hours.
—Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
Discharge Papers • Mateo just clocked in for the night shift, baby!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
Former Sherman Oaks Notre Dame pitcher Justin Lee, the 2023 player of the year by The Times, was clocked throwing his fastball between 97 and 99 mph pitching for UCLA.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
Target clocked in at 2,738 workers, or 33%.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026
Royal watchers immediately clocked the headpiece, which is known as one of the Princess of Wales’s favorites.
—Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2026
Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
Springsteen sends serious message The purposeful show, which clocked in at a tick under three hours and featured the 17-piece E Street Band and guitarist Tom Morello alongside Springsteen, is a dichotomous design.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Closer to home, Lopez, who’s clocked a banner year that included not only Sparrow’s opening and subsequent awards, is happy to just be in the mix.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
Convention and Event Services Director Rosa Fleming said workers had already clocked more than 66,000 hours.
—Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
Discharge Papers • Mateo just clocked in for the night shift, baby!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
Former Sherman Oaks Notre Dame pitcher Justin Lee, the 2023 player of the year by The Times, was clocked throwing his fastball between 97 and 99 mph pitching for UCLA.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
Target clocked in at 2,738 workers, or 33%.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026
Royal watchers immediately clocked the headpiece, which is known as one of the Princess of Wales’s favorites.
—Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clocked
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Video and witness statements, police said, revealed that Hussain was assaulted in the building’s lobby, struck and knocked to the ground before being forced toward his apartment.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Then in 1998, Buttered Popcorn knocked it from the top spot.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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Five pitchers combined for nine strikeouts and allowed just hits for Andrew (4-3).—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Among them was Linda Parker, the president and CEO of Women In Distress of Broward County, who said Metayer’s death hit close to home.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Delhi skipper Axar Patel got the breakthrough when Sharma slapped him to cover and Nitish Rana took a tough chance above his head in the 10th over.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Andrej, wearing a backward Final Four cap, slapped his dad’s hand, went in for a hug and listened as his dad said a few words, both breaking into big smiles.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Rockies leadoff hitter Eric Young, in the team's first plate appearance at Mile High Stadium, smacked a home run to the seats in left-center field on April 9, 1993.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The pair also didn’t spare the spin duo of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, who was smacked for 25 runs by Sharma in one over during the power play as Hyderabad cruised to 84 in the sixth over.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Rockets are a team that lost its starting point guard (Fred VanVleet) at the start of the year while the Knicks brought back and built upon the exact same core that punched the franchise’s first ticket to the conference finals in the last quarter-century.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Manning allegedly punched and kicked Hartman in the face and torso, scratched her, choked her and grabbed her by the hair and slammed her against the floor and wall.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Mosquera slammed home a volley from outside the area off a clearance attempt to tie it 1-1 in the 36th minute and fed Da Costo for a first-touch finish from point-blank range give the Timbers a 2-1 lead in the second minute of first-half stoppage time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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But the wind, rising quickly, brought higher waves that slammed the small boat with growing force.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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Catcher Patrick Bailey went for the pick instead of a block, and Winn’s splitter banged off the backstop.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Diehard fans banged bass drums, songs emanated from the supporters’ wall and a packed stadium of 7,211 buzzed all the way through stoppage time of a tense game.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Apr. 2026
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The arena clapped and cheered for their new archbishop.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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Those guys all stood up and clapped.—
Bruce Feldman,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Clocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clocked. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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