| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Hit with force | LA Times Daily | 24 Aug 2025 |
| Smack | New York Times | 12 Jul 2025 |
| To thrash someone (colloq) (4) | ||
| ___ up something to eat | ||
| Smack hard | LA Times Daily | 23 Jan 2023 |
| Hit hard | Wall Street Journal | 19 Sep 2020 |
| Loud punch | The New Yorker | 12 Aug 2019 |
| Sound of a bump making wife jump | ||
| Smack | LA Times Daily | 24 Apr 2016 |
| Defeat decisively | Universal | 14 Sep 2015 |
| Defeat decisively | ||
| Bash | ||
| Hit hard | ||
| Hitting-on-the-head sound | ||
| Hit hard | ||
| Hit sound | ||
| Thump upside the head | ||
| Trounce | ||
| Trounce | ||
| Bash | ||
| Bash | ||
| Trounce | ||
| Beat like a drum | ||
| Hit hard | ||
| Smack hard | ||
| Hit upside the head | ||
| Trounce | ||
| Thumping sound | ||
| Loud punch | ||
| Thumping sound | ||
| Defeat soundly | ||
| Thrash | ||
| Vanquish | ||
| Wallop. | ||
| Smack upside the head |