Thesaurus results for CLOCKED

clocked

verb

past tense of clock

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 journalists and critics clocked a double meaning almost immediately. —

Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Drivers clocked traveling 85 miles per hour or more in a work zone will immediately receive a $75 fine, with no warning. —

Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026 In the 12 months ended in April, Fitch clocked 99 defaults of various kinds, including interest payment deferrals, maturity extensions under duress, and payments-in-kind instead of cash, as well as more conventional bankruptcies, liquidations and debt-equity swaps. —

Tobias Burns, CNBC, 28 May 2026 People in the YouTube comments immediately clocked their connection. —

Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 28 May 2026 The film’s 20-minute applause comes very near the Cannes record for an ovation in a premiere, set by another Spanish film, Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, which clocked a 22-minute ovation in 2006. —

Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 23 May 2026 Rabada has now played 255 times across formats for his nation and picked up 591 wickets and is still regularly clocked at more than 90 miles an hour. —

Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 21 May 2026 The game clocked in at three hours and eight minutes, and featured a standing-room only crowd that included a sea of scouts and television reporters with everyone anxious to watch Feehan ace Brody Bumila on the mound. —

Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 19 May 2026 Instead, he first clocked Holbrook in a small role in Jeff Nichols’ motorcycle period piece The Bikeriders. —

Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clocked

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The committee’s volunteers knocked on more than 32,000 doors, made more than 50,000 calls and distributed more than 1,200 yard signs, according to Andrew Kim from the Yes on Measure V Davis ground team.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
Arizona State upset Texas in the first game, as Kavan was uncharacteristically knocked around for eight hits and three earned runs across five innings.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 3 June 2026