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| clock [ klok ] |
noun (plural clocks) |
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1. device displaying time: a freestanding device that measures and records time, which it displays by a pointer on a dial or by a digital readout
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2. measuring instrument with display: a measuring instrument with a dial or a digital display, e.g. any of a vehicle's control gauges, especially the odometer
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3. business
Same as time clock
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4. electronic circuit that synchronizes computer processes: an electronic circuit that generates pulses at a constant rate in order to synchronize the internal operations in a computer
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5. seed head of dandelion: the fluffy white seed head of a dandelion
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6.
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informal
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Same as biological clock
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transitive verb (past and past participle clocked, present participle clock·ing, 3rd person present singular clocks) |
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1. measure time somebody or something takes: to measure or record the time somebody or something takes, using a stopwatch or an electronic timing device
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informal
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  a car that was clocked at 95 mph
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2. punch somebody: to punch somebody
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slang
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| [14th century. Via Middle Dutch, Middle Low German klocke< medieval Latin clocca "bell"] |
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against the clock with limited time to finish something
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around or round the clock day and night, without stopping
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turn or put the clock(s) back to return to the conditions of an earlier time
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