Thesaurus results for CLOCKING

clocking

verb

present participle of clock

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 Dabas said pups have run as fast as 22 mph, clocking several miles in just one visit. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 The rest of the conference has a less than one percent chance of winning it all, the only Power 4 conference with just one team clocking in at above one percent. — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 As of Friday, Lala is still considered a tropical storm, with wind gusts clocking in at about 60 miles per hour (about 95 kilometers per hour). — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026 Nielsen is also clocking a strong performance from Married at First Sight. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026 As a fitness enthusiast, clocking 10,000 steps each day is nonnegotiable—and as someone living in the more walkable-than-drivable city of San Francisco, those steps aren’t always optional. — Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2026 In the middle of the pack, with the average night’s sleep clocking in at between six hours and 45 minutes and seven hours, are Thailand, Argentina, Taiwan, and Singapore. — Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Aug. 2026 Ball took a liking to the young performer, clocking her potential. — Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Aug. 2026 Free public testing of the Zoox pods has been quietly underway in Las Vegas and San Francisco for more than a year, clocking hundreds of thousands of miles for around half a million passengers. — New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clocking

Verb

Lennar is down 38% since hitting a high in September of last year.

— Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
The rooftop at ‘Alohilani Resort is part of the property’s fitness hub, and guests can gaze out at Waikiki Beach and feel the Pacific Ocean breeze while practicing their hitting in the batting cages.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of hitting

Verb

Alaves' Ángel Pérez was reprimanded by coach Quique Sánchez Flores after being substituted and punching the bench several times.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
According to court documents, the phone contained videos of Ayres assaulting Dunn repeatedly, at one point punching her in the face.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of punching

Verb

And the defense module can neutralize them via electronics-frying HPM emissions, knocking satellites out without creating a cloud of space debris.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026
For Lynn Parsons, knocking on a stranger’s door once made the difference between getting home and watching her car get towed away.

— Razak Diallo, Baltimore Sun, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of knocking

Verb

Lionel Messi was fined by MLS for lightly slapping Union attacker Quinn Sullivan.

— Matt Piper, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Universities are not just slapping corporate logos on uniforms and facilities but building entertainment districts that can be lucrative far beyond game days.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of slapping

Verb

Support for Infantino Eto’o is not the only person banging the drum for Infantino in what’s become an increasingly fractured landscape.

— Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
These were people who would insist that their American passenger ride in the cab of a trade truck rather than stand in the open back with 20 passengers banging into each other and a couple of goats for hours.

— Ethan Gologor, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of banging

Verb

Carrington was ejected from the game in the first half after smacking Cunningham across the face during Cunningham's layup attempt.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Catcher Daniel Susac followed up Wednesday’s two-home-run game by smacking a two-run shot, and the Giants bullpen didn’t break down while protecting a 4-1 victory.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of smacking

Verb

Visually, the entire set was stunning, with fast cuts of Nancy Whang pounding on her keyboard, Al Doyle whirring his synthesizer, and Murphy shouting into his microphone, wrapped around his arm.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Keeping a potty close by will give little ones a better chance of reaching it on time when nature has given up on calling and is pounding down the door.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026