clockwork
IPA: kɫˈɑkwɝk
noun
- A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
- The action of behaving mechanically in the manner of a clock.
adjective
- Driven by clockwork.
- Very smooth and regular.
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Examples of "clockwork" in Sentences
- It was not a clockwork mechanism.
- I tried to demonstrate this clockwork.
- Clockwork Ghost will remain anonymous, or not.
- Clockwork was impersonated by this guy as well.
- They are signed to the Clockwork Records label.
- Molecular mechanism of the cyanobacterial clockwork.
- He is taciturn and goes about his tasks like clockwork.
- The doctor sees another clockwork creature menacing her.
- There was no cabinet surrounding the clockwork in this model.
- The abbey necrology situates her tombstone next to the clockwork.