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 idea is to be joyously surrounded by music, not constantly clocking your journey like a fitness app. —

John Wenzel, Denver Post, 4 June 2026 So of course a nation famed for its exacting culture and being the most visited in the world—clocking 102 million international tourists in 2025—has a very specific appellation system for its luxury hotels. —

Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026 Woodall eyed Busse’s tools on the ground, clocking some familiar devices. —

Jane Bua, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 In a sense, bees went from wild foragers to shift workers, clocking in for bloom season as beekeepers hustled them from farm to farm. —

Literary Hub, 27 May 2026 The Razr+ and Razr Ultra got more expensive this year, clocking in at $1,100 and $1,500, respectively. —

ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026 Kubicek’s full script also called for fifth graders to play characters like the Unit Monster, Erin Wolfe, the Sloth, and of course, the Famous Mockingbird; though some of the most complicated Gamehendge numbers weren’t performed, the story was told in full — clocking in at around 75 minutes. —

Jeff Miller, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026 Yet people who casually imagine themselves clocking the president and walking away victorious are clearly not experiencing themselves as helpless. —

Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026 In New York City, the TV doctors are clocking in as Noah Wyle and Patrick Dempsey snap a sweet pic at the Warner Brothers Television Group Upfront Toast, while in Nashville, Mandy Moore and Chrissy Metz enjoy a This is Us reunion at the special screening of The Breadwinner. —

People Staff, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026

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The play started with Muncy hitting a ground ball up the first-base line.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026
London’s Christian Olivares, a USC pledge, extended the lead in the third inning, hitting a two-run home run to left field.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2026