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Clock

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
"When the clock says midnight."
2.NounA common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.
"A 12-hour clock system; an antique clock sale; Acme is a clock manufacturer."
3.NounThe odometer of a motor vehicle.
"This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock."
4.NounAn electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
5.NounThe seed head of a dandelion.
6.NounA time clock.
"I can't go off to lunch yet: I'm still on the clock.; We let the guys use the shop's tools and equipment for their own projects as long as they're off the clock."
7.NounA CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
8.NounA luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
9.NounA watch (timepiece).
10.NounA face; the head.
11.VerbTo measure the duration of.
12.VerbTo measure the speed of.
"He was clocked at 155 miles per hour."
13.VerbTo hit (someone) heavily.
"When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him."
14.VerbTo notice; to take notice of (someone or something).
"Clock the wheels on that car!"
15.VerbTo recognize; to assess, register.
"I'd already clocked her as someone who couldn't reliably be believed when she spoke. And now this too!"
16.VerbTo identify (someone) as having some attribute .
"Once my transition was complete I considered moving to London, where I felt there was less chance of being clocked and a larger support network."
17.VerbTo falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
"I don't believe that car has done only 40,000 miles. It's been clocked."
18.VerbTo beat a video game.
"Have you clocked that game yet?"
19.VerbTo expose or attack someone, typically in a targeted and insulting manner.
"Did you hear what she said about my outfit? She kind of clocked me.; You clocked, that guy is always running his mouth."
20.NounA pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.
21.VerbTo ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.
22.NounA large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius).
23.VerbTo make the sound of a hen; to cluck.
24.VerbTo hatch.
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