Clock
Clock verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Usage example: sick of being insulted, he swung around and clocked his tormentor hard enough to knock him off his bar stool
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Synonyms for Clock
Hammer and clock are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hammer" instead a verb "Clock".
Hammer
Hammer verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Usage example: hammered the ball for a home run
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| special | special clock | special hammer |
| normal | normal clock | normal hammer |
| short | short clock | short hammer |
| complete | complete clock | complete hammer |
| Other adjectives: single, heavy, small, actual, large, big, huge, little, personal, new, mechanical, broken, gigantic, flying, literal, giant, magical, aforementioned. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Question 18 of The Impossible Quiz has a clock with some of the numbers replaced with pictures of a bucket, a banana, a house and a hammer.
Source: Cue O'Clock - At the end of the episode "Cat Nap", Kaz and the girls' pet cats simultaneously smash an alarm clock each with a different hammer.
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He took the alarm clock out into the yard and smashed it to pieces with a hammer.
Source: It's Quiet... Too Quiet
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Hammer and Clock. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clock/hammer
Clock & Hammer. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/clock/hammer>.
Hammer or Clock. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clock/hammer.
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