as in hitting
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 clocking
Several big tech stocks were higher in early trading Wednesday, with semiconductor makers including Broadcom and Intel clocking modest gains.
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Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
The box office figures collected by UNIC vary drastically from territory to territory, with some markets clocking increases.
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Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
Day and Night will be a double album clocking in at 24 tracks, with each LP comprising 12 songs.
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Jaeden Pinder,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2026
Shot in only one day and clocking in around eight minutes, the final scene feels as much like a seance or invocation as a piece of drama.
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Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Take a day trip to Beaver Island—Lake Michigan’s largest island, clocking in at nearly 56 square miles—via the Beaver Island Boat Company ferry, departing from Charlevoix.
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Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
The grinding robot has already proven its worth on the shop floor, successfully processing more than 500 steel sections while clocking a sleek 15 percent boost in operational efficiency.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
The get-in price for Game 5 also surged by $1,000, with the cheapest tickets as of June 10 clocking in at nearly $2,500.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
Lindsay is eternally clocking in to do her job, to make sure that the sponge of this show has been so thoroughly wrung that there is not even a droplet of drama left inside.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
The box office figures collected by UNIC vary drastically from territory to territory, with some markets clocking increases.
—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
Day and Night will be a double album clocking in at 24 tracks, with each LP comprising 12 songs.
—
Jaeden Pinder,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2026
Shot in only one day and clocking in around eight minutes, the final scene feels as much like a seance or invocation as a piece of drama.
—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Take a day trip to Beaver Island—Lake Michigan’s largest island, clocking in at nearly 56 square miles—via the Beaver Island Boat Company ferry, departing from Charlevoix.
—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
The grinding robot has already proven its worth on the shop floor, successfully processing more than 500 steel sections while clocking a sleek 15 percent boost in operational efficiency.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
The get-in price for Game 5 also surged by $1,000, with the cheapest tickets as of June 10 clocking in at nearly $2,500.
—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
Lindsay is eternally clocking in to do her job, to make sure that the sponge of this show has been so thoroughly wrung that there is not even a droplet of drama left inside.
—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clocking
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Leveraged ETFs that aim to amplify SpaceX’s performance by providing double the returns (or losses) are already hitting the market.
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Ahead of the impending heat wave hitting the Pittsburgh area, Allegheny County officials have activated a Code Red Heat Advisory for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
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Cape Verde is not punching above its weight on heart.
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Court records reveal he was subsequently arrested for throwing a rock at people, and later for punching someone else.
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Newsom’s office said that along with the FBI, agents from the IRS have been knocking on doors and asking questions.
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After knocking the trash can down, the bear easily shoved its arms inside.
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The refs started handing out technical fouls like free samples, slapping Thomas and Hines-Allen with a double technical.
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Prosecutors dropped all charges against a bouncer for allegedly slapping a bar patron in February.
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The Atlas Lions made the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup, breaking through the glass ceiling that CAF teams had been banging their heads on for decades at the quarter-final stage.
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While the cameras were rolling, Spielberg would stand just out of frame with two wooden bats, banging them together to startle her.
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An on-and-off again rivalry during the primary The two men shared a similar message during the primary, slamming Democrats for mismanaging the state and calling for tax cuts and regulatory rollbacks.
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Also in 2007, Spencer was sentenced concurrently to seven years in prison for choking a woman, slamming her head to the ground, and robbing her of her cellphone, and for smashing into a woman's car and ransacking it, prosecutors said.
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Deputies responded to a report of a driver smacking his car into a guardrail in front of The Bridge Restaurant before driving away, according to a sheriff’s office news release.
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As the match got away from her in the second set and the Court Philippe-Chatrier crowd became increasingly hostile, Andreeva fully unraveled, smacking another ball towards the roof and asking members of her box to leave.
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Be mesmerized by the dazzling lasers and pulse-pounding tunes from the movie in this unforgettable experience.
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An apartment surveillance video captured a man pounding on the window, before Davis gave him a key.
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“Clocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clocking. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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