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
Hit
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good clock | good hit |
| physical | physical clock | physical hit |
| normal | normal clock | normal hit |
| perfect | perfect clock | perfect hit |
| Other adjectives: single, heavy, small, actual, real, big, huge, famous, new, last, worldwide. | ||
Common collocations
| fan | clock fan | hit fan |
Both words in one sentence
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time: Makoto alternately, Kousuke and Kaho is fatally hit by a train just as the town clock strikes 4:00.
Source: Four Is Death -
A rare music example - Madonna's hit "4 Minutes", and its accompanying video, both center around having "4 minutes to save the world"— with the video even having a countdown clock as a backdrop.
Source: Race Against the Clock - The climax of Home Alone, from the clock striking to Harry getting hit with the shovel, lasts under fourteen minutes.
Source: Briefer Than They Think
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Hit and Clock. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clock/hit
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Hit or Clock. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clock/hit.
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