clock
nounEtymology
First use appears c. 1370. From Middle English clokke, clok, cloke (“clock”), from Middle Dutch clocke (“bell, clock”), from Old Dutch *klokka, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell, clock, cloak”), probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch (“bell”), Old Irish cloc (“bell, clock”)), either onomatopoeic or from Proto-Indo-European *klek- (“to laugh, cackle”) (compare Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną (“to laugh”)). Cognate with Old English clucge (“bell”), Saterland Frisian Klokke (“bell, clock”), Dutch klok (“clock, bell”), Low German Klock (“bell, clock”), German Glocke (“bell”), Danish and Norwegian klokke (“clock, bell”), Faroese klokka (“clock, bell”), Icelandic klukka (“clock, bell”), Swedish klocka (“clock, bell”), Asturian llueca (“cowbell”), Galician and Portuguese choca (“cowbell”), Doublet of cloak and cloche.
Definitions
A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
- When the clock says midnight.
- The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock; And in the dusk of thee, the clock Beats out the little lives of men.
A 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.
The odometer of a motor vehicle.
- This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock.
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An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor…
An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
The seed head of a dandelion.
A 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.
A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
- Executing a NEXT to code takes 7 clocks, or 1.05 microseconds.
- The best schedule produced by any hardware algorithm takes 7 clocks, whereas the statically reordered code in Figure 1.2(b) takes only 5 clocks.
A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the…
A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
A watch (timepiece).
A face
A face; the head.
To measure the duration of.
To measure the speed of.
- He was clocked at 155 miles per hour.
- Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat.
To hit (someone) heavily.
- When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him.
To notice
To notice; to take notice of (someone or something).
- Clock the wheels on that car!
- It is true. Carmen is an official gold digger. In fact, she is an instructor at the school of gold digging. Hood rats have been clocking her style for years. Wanting to pull the players she pulled, and wishing they had the looks she had.
- Cut to the pub on a lads night out, / Man at the bar cos it was his shout, / Clocks this bird and she looks OK, / Caught him looking and she walks his way,
To recognize
To recognize; to assess, register.
- I'd already clocked her as someone who couldn't reliably be believed when she spoke. And now this too!
To identify (someone) as having some attribute (for example, being trans or gay).
- 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.
To 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.
To beat a video game.
- Have you clocked that game yet?
To 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.
- Its always a good day when I can clock someone using the (made up word) "unlessen". I just...ch...
A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.
- But this you can't stand, so you throw up your hand, and you find you're as cold as an icicle, In your shirt and your socks (the black silk with gold clocks), crossing Salisbury Plain on a bicycle
- She'd a gown wi' girt flowers lik' hollyhocks An zome stockèns o' gramfer's a-knit wi' clocks
- Most decoration involved the ankle clocks, and several are shown on p.15 in the form of charts.
To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.
A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius).
To make the sound of a hen
To make the sound of a hen; to cluck.
To hatch.
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
12-hour clock, 24-hour clock, twenty-four-hour clock, 400-day clock, a broken clock is right twice a day, Act of Parliament clock, against the clock, alarm clock, alarum clock, analog clock, analogue clock, anniversary clock, around the clock, around-the-clock, a stopped clock is right twice a day, astronomical clock, atomic clock, attoclock, balloon clock, banjo clock, beat the clock, beer clock, bioclock, biological clock, black clock, body clock, bracket clock, bum-clock, bushman's clock, caesium clock, calendar clock, carriage clock, case clock, chemical clock, chess clock, circadian clock, clean someone's clock, Clock, clock app, clock arithmetic · +166 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at clock. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at clock. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at clock
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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