Synonyms of clobbering

clobbering 1 of 2

noun

as in thrashing

Related Words

• thrashing
• hammering
• bashing
• pounding
• pummeling
• licking
• bludgeoning
• blow
• battering
• thump
• hit
• slap
• lambasting
• knock
• punch
• encounter
• buffet
• contact
• rap
• meeting
• collision
• touch
• shock
• impact
• jolt
• impingement
• bump
• concussion
• kick
• crash
• wallop
• slam
• strike
• jar
• smash
• jounce

clobbering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of clobber

1

as in smacking

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

he clobbered the ball, sending it in a high arc toward the back wall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smacking
• hitting
• slapping
• knocking
• punching
• slamming
• banging
• whacking
• pounding
• clapping
• striking
• clipping
• swiping
• cracking
• kicking
• batting
• hammering
• thumping
• bashing
• nailing
• thwacking
• tapping
• bludgeoning
• swatting
• shoving
• socking
• smiting
• pushing
• jabbing
• zapping
• licking
• boxing
• slugging
• poking
• clouting
• walloping
• bobbing
• bopping
• pasting
• chopping
• flicking
• clocking
• tagging
• stabbing
• biffing
• busting
• belting
• rapping
• slogging
• bumping
• stroking
• bonking
• pummeling
• beating
• whaling
• battering
• mauling
• mangling
• slashing
• pelting
• peppering
• hanging one on
• dumping
• lambasting
• roughing
• lashing
• buffeting
• drubbing
• cuffing
• stamping
• whipping
• butting
• jostling
• scuffing
• prodding
• bunging
• kneeing
• flailing
• sapping
• thrashing
• creaming
• switching
• spearing
• pommeling
• bunting
• braining
• cudgeling
• lacing
• flogging
• felling
• clubbing
• leveling
• decking
• bowling (down or over)
• knocking down
• sledgehammering
• sledging
• conking
• caning
• flooring
• sucker punching
• skulling
• beaning
• rabbit-punching

2

as in whipping

to defeat by a large margin

they clobbered the opposing team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipping
• overcoming
• burying
• throwing
• beating
• annihilating
• flattening
• upsetting
• bombing
• thrashing
• pasting
• smothering
• trimming
• routing
• trouncing
• creaming
• dusting
• walloping
• mastering
• whopping
• taking
• whomping
• topping
• skinning
• destroying
• whupping
• drubbing
• smoking
• sweeping
• blowing away
• dispatching
• surpassing
• conquering
• waxing
• exceeding
• scoring
• crushing
• shellacking
• overwhelming
• succeeding
• tromping
• capping
• skunking
• subduing
• licking
• vanquishing
• eating alive
• running circles around
• beating the pants off
• besting
• subjugating
• overthrowing
• wiping the floor with
• slaughtering
• upending
• snowing under
• surmounting
• finishing
• outdoing
• eclipsing
• overpowering
• outshining
• hurdling
• outdistancing
• transcending
• prevailing (over)
• outstripping
• winning (against)
• bettering
• triumphing (over)
• overmatching
• excelling
• knocking over
• overbearing
• flourishing
• breaking
• knocking off
• overtopping
• sinking
• outfighting
• worsting
• edging (out)
• pipping
• doing in
• acing (out)
• nosing out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clobbering

Noun

The coffee itself is barely noticeable under a clobbering, overly saccharine flavor that reminds me of artificial grocery-store creamer. — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2026

Three days after pummeling UCLA, 48-29, on the glass (including 20-5 on offensive boards), the Terps were on the receiving end of a clobbering as USC dominated, 35-24. — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2026

No doubt there were many reasons the Chiefs woke up the echoes and restored a certain sense of order on Sunday with a 37-20 clobbering of visiting Baltimore, a presumptive rival for the AFC berth in the Super Bowl. — Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025

Every aspect of that towel was on display in a Big Ten showdown-turned-clobbering. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025

Verb

Niners are going from clobbering the preseason Super Bowl favorite to facing a team jousting with Cleveland for consensus worst in the league. — Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Corbin instantly had a target in mind, too, clobbering United States Champion and fan favorite Trick Williams upon his return to SmackDown. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Hernandez was at the center of it all Friday, clobbering three homers with nine RBIs. — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 29 May 2026

That means the Broncos will win two of three games against the 49ers, Chargers and Seahawks before clobbering the Cardinals. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 May 2026

The Chicago White Sox first baseman had a heck of a return to the area on Monday, clobbering a grand slam as part of an evening that included two hits and six RBIs. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026

The storied eatery amassed a whopping 1,512 votes in round two, clobbering Northside Social. — Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 23 Mar. 2026

Police arrested one of four snowball bandits caught on camera clobbering the cops with snow. — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2026

Under manager Arrigo Sacchi, a former shoe salesman, AC Milan in 1987-88 won its first Serie A title in nine years and the following year won the European Cup, clobbering Steaua Bucharest 4-0 in the final. — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026