clock

clock
1. noun /klɒk,klɑk/
a) An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.

This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock.

b) The odometer of a motor vehicle.
2. verb /klɒk,klɑk/
a) To measure the duration of.

He was clocked at 155 miles per hour.

b) To measure the speed of.

When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him.


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  • Clock — (kl[o^]k), n. [AS. clucge bell; akin to D. klok clock, bell, G. glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka bell, LL. clocca, cloca (whence F. cloche); al perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. clog bell, clock, W. cloch bell. Cf. {Cloak}.] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • clock — [klɒk ǁ klɑːk] verb clock in also clock on BrE phrasal verb [intransitive] to record on a special card the time you arrive at work or begin work: • I clock on at 8:30. clock off also …   Financial and business terms

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  • clock — clock1 [kläk] n. [ME clokke, orig., clock with bells < ML clocca, bell < Celt, as in OIr cloc (> OE clugge, OHG glocka), bell < ? IE base * kel , to cry out, sound > CLAMOR] 1. a device used for measuring and indicating time,… …   English World dictionary

  • clock in at — ˌclock ˈin at [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they clock in at he/she/it clocks in at present participle clocking in at past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • clock in/on — [phrasal verb] chiefly Brit : to record on a special card the time that you start working What time did you clock on? I clocked in [=(US) punched in] 10 minutes late. • • • Main Entry: ↑clock …   Useful english dictionary

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