clock

IPA: kɫˈɑk

noun

  • A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
  • (attributive) A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.
  • (Britain) The odometer of a motor vehicle.
  • (electronics) An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
  • The seed head of a dandelion.
  • A time clock.
  • (computing, informal) A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
  • (uncountable) A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
  • A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.
  • A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius).
  • A surname.

verb

  • (transitive) To measure the duration of.
  • (transitive) To measure the speed of.
  • (transitive, slang) To hit (someone) heavily.
  • (transitive, slang) To take notice of; to realise; to recognize (someone or something).
  • (intransitive, transgender slang) To identify (someone) as being transgender.
  • (Britain, slang) To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
  • (transitive, Britain, New Zealand, Australia, slang) To beat a video game.
  • (transitive) To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.
  • (Scotland, intransitive, dated) To make the sound of a hen; to cluck.
  • (Scotland, intransitive, dated) To hatch.
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Examples of "clock" in Sentences

  • The needle of the clock indicated the time of the day.
  • On board cesium clocks provide the local clock source.
  • The doveton tower clock is a reminisce of standing the time.
  • This might be too time consuming to keep readjusting the clock.
  • The large clock in the cupola was the largest in the county at the time.
  • On the quarter hour, the clock would chime and the statues would perform.
  • The contents of the latch are clocked into memory by the recording clock.
  • The housemates then tried to finally deduce the clock with the correct time.
  • The regulator is replaced in the time keeper and the clock returns to normal.

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