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 The three friends started at North Springs and finished at the Atlanta airport station, clocking a full circuit at three hours, 21 minutes, 37 seconds. —

Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Jan. 2026 The epic drama, following a Hungarian village facing the fallout of communism, is best known for its length, clocking in at seven-and-a-half hours. —

Alina Edwards, NPR, 6 Jan. 2026 On Monday stateside, all three key benchmarks rose, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average clocking a new all-time high in the session. —

Nur Hikmah Md Ali, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2026 This 12 pack of electric torches is only $32, clocking in at under $3 each. —

Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2026 There’s a clear pocket of viewers clocking the film as a deliberate tonal pivot, closer to Tropic Thunder, Jumanji, or Be Kind Rewind than creature-feature horror. —

Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2025 But the quality of their work still suffers, clocking in at about a 50 percent success rate on the hardest tasks. —

Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2025 In one of his last sketches, Bowen Yang plays a Delta Sky Club employee who is clocking into his last shift. —

Christian Allaire, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025 Fortunately for hikers who are looking for a short trek, the climb to the top of the peak won’t take long, clocking in at 200 yards on a dirt trail. —

Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2025

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The developer of Aurora Driver, an all-in-one self-driving solution, underdelivered last year, hitting its stock hard.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
The grant terminations are also hitting nonprofit groups in Illinois, with leaders of those groups saying the cuts could mean fewer services in Illinois for people struggling with homelessness, substance use disorders and fewer prevention and training programs related to mental health.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026