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clock
1[ klok ]
noun
- an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
- a meter or other device, as a speedometer or taximeter, for measuring and recording speed, distance covered, or other quantitative functioning.
- Clock, Astronomy. the constellation Horologium.
- Computers. the circuit in a digital computer that provides a common reference train of electronic pulses for all other circuits.
verb (used with object)
- to time, test, or determine by means of a clock or watch:
The racehorse was clocked at two minutes thirty seconds.
- Slang. to strike sharply or heavily:
Somebody clocked him on the face.
- Slang. to identify (someone) as transgender or as the gender they were assigned at birth, especially when they do not wish to be so identified:
She clocked me on our first date, but told me she was transgender too.
verb phrase
- to end work, especially by punching a time clock:
He clocked out early yesterday.
- to begin work, especially by punching a time clock:
She clocked in at 9 a.m. on the dot.
clock
2[ klok ]
noun
- a short embroidered or woven ornament on each side or on the outer side of a sock or stocking, extending from the ankle upward.
verb (used with object)
- to embroider with such an ornament.
clock
1/ °ì±ôÉ’°ì /
noun
- a timepiece, usually free-standing, hanging, or built into a tower, having mechanically or electrically driven pointers that move constantly over a dial showing the numbers of the hours Compare digital clock watch
- any clocklike device for recording or measuring, such as a taximeter or pressure gauge
- the downy head of a dandelion that has gone to seed
- an electrical circuit that generates pulses at a predetermined rate
- computing an electronic pulse generator that transmits streams of regular pulses to which various parts of the computer and its operations are synchronized
- short for time clock
- around the clock or round the clockall day and all night
- the clockan informal word for speedometer mileometer
- a slang word for face
- against the clock
- under pressure, as to meet a deadline
- (in certain sports, such as show jumping) timed by a stop clock
the last round will be against the clock
- put the clock backto regress
verb
- slang.tr to strike, esp on the face or head
- slang.tr to see or notice
- tr to record time as with a stopwatch, esp in the calculation of speed
- electronics to feed a clock pulse to (a digital device) in order to cause it to switch to a new state
clock
2/ °ì±ôÉ’°ì /
noun
- an ornamental design either woven in or embroidered on the side of a stocking
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¦±ô´Ç³¦°ìËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
- ˈ³¦±ô´Ç³¦°ì±ð°ù, noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of clock1
Origin of clock2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of clock1
Origin of clock2
Idioms and Phrases
- around the clock,
- during all 24 hours; ceaselessly.
- without stopping for rest; tirelessly:
working around the clock to stem the epidemic.
- kill the clock, Sports. to use up as much game time as possible when one is winning, as to protect a lead in basketball, ice hockey, or football. Also run out the clock.
- stop the clock, to postpone an official or legal deadline by ceasing to count the hours or minutes that elapse, such as when a new union contract must be agreed upon before an old contract runs out, or when play time in a game must be interrupted for an allowable reason.
More idioms and phrases containing clock
- against the clock
- beat the clock
- clean someone's clock
- like clock-work
- set back (the clock)
- stop someone's clock
- stop the clock
Example Sentences
She has consistently warned 'it's only April', but the clock is ticking before her side's true ability will be tested on the European stage.
If they aren’t, then the civic clock is winding down to a diminished future.
Before there was a shot clock, he had the audacity to have his team hold the ball for long periods of time without attempting a shot.
As grocery bills continue to soar and the economic outlook remains uncertain, more Americans are turning back the clock to find inspiration: their grandparents, and the gardens they grew during tough times.
"But the engineers worked around the clock to help me get it back up and running."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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