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 In September, Aurora reported that its trucks had clocked more than 500,000 driverless miles with zero at-fault collisions, and plans to have 200 big rigs on the road by year’s end. — Joe Mullich, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Young also clocked 40-plus hours of conversations and interviews with Echard, who had already signed on to Love Trapped by the time Glass approached Young. — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026 As fashion month comes to a close and editors return home from Paris on red-eye flights, the best beauty moments of Spring 2027 have been clocked. — Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 His first budget as governor, in 2019, clocked in at nearly $215 billion. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Safran had produced on Gunn’s 2021 The Suicide Squad movie and its HBO Max spinoff series Peacemaker starring John Cena, which has clocked two seasons. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026 The warm and charismatic straight-shooter, who has clocked 20 years in the biz, has no qualms with exposing the inner workings of what can be a highly secretive industry. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026 Take Rare, which is known for its signature Soft Pinch liquid blush among other heroes, and clocked $400 million in net sales in 2025, according to WWD’s annual ranking of the Top 100 Beauty Companies. — Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 This Geekom system has 32GB of DDR5 RAM clocked at 5,200MHz in a dual-channel 128-bit configuration. — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clocked
  1. knocked
  2. hit
  3. slapped
  4. smacked
  5. punched
  6. slammed
  7. banged
  8. clapped
Verb
  • Jackson followed and confronted Chubb before throwing a strike that knocked Chubb's hat off his head.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Isaias knocked the power out of nearly 450,000 homes and businesses in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Bay counties.
    — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of knocked
Verb
  • Prosecutors said Wilcox was hit by gunfire, fell to the ground and fired three more gunshots at the officers.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The different program sales operations of Skydance hit the Côte d’Azur under their pre-existing Paramount and WB brands.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of hit
Verb
  • After Daria Rae slapped her backstage, Hartwell was rewarded with a shot at the Knockouts Championship against Brookside.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • At the funeral my half-sister told me I was emotionally disturbed and my memories of being slapped were lies.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of slapped
Verb
  • The Eagles also have been smacked with injuries and played without several key starters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper, two longtime opponents for this franchise, then smacked consecutive homers off Lee, who’d surrendered three long balls the entire regular season.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of smacked
Verb
  • As for the crack, well, that happened by accident when heavy equipment punched through a concrete wall and unintentionally punctured the sphere, company officials told The Mountaineer.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Ordinary except, of course, for that time humans punched it, opening the door for the Hera mission to explore the previously unremarkable rocks.
    — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of punched
Verb
  • Shortly after, Wilcox slammed on the brakes, jumped out of his vehicle, took out a loaded semi-automatic handgun and fired three gunshots at the officer, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Simon has weakened to a Category 2 storm, its eye remaining just offshore as its most powerful winds and rain slammed communities between the Sierra Madre and the ocean and were forecast to persist off the coast of Puerto Vallarta.
    — JAIMIE DING, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of slammed
Verb
  • Garrett Mitchell walked, rookie Cooper Pratt laid down a sacrifice bunt and light-hitting Luis Lara banged the next pitch up the middle to score Mitchell from second for the 2-1 lead.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • On this day in 1960, one of the most shocking and iconic Cold War moments unfolded when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev brandished and banged his shoe at the United Nations.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of banged
Verb
  • Bruni played guitar and sang classic folk songs and a Rolling Stones number as guests clapped and danced from their seats.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The musicians were smiling, the spectators tapped and clapped, and that magical sense of timelessness was real, spanning multiple generations.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of clapped

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“Clocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clocked. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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