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
Nail
Nail verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Usage example: the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook
How words are described
| special | special clock | special nail |
| single | single clock | single nail |
| heavy | heavy clock | heavy nail |
| small | small clock | small nail |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, large, big, huge, wooden, main, new, broken, gigantic, last, literal, giant. | ||
Common collocations
| harry | clock harry | nail harry |
Both words in one sentence
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In Secret of the Old Clock, you even get to go there, delivering telegrams to the Krolmeister nail factory.
Source: Acme Products -
For Want of a Nail: Most of the series lends itself to Doc falling off his toilet while hanging a clock and banging his head on the sink.
Source: Franchise / Back to the Future -
For Want of a Nail: If his alarm clock had rung, Harry would have been out with Julie and wouldn't have gotten the phone call.
Source: Film / Miracle Mile
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