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clocks
clock 1 C0413100 (klŏk)n.1. An instrument other than a watch for measuring or indicating time, especially a mechanical or electronic device having a numbered dial and moving hands or a digital display.2. A time clock.3. A source of regularly occurring pulses used to measure the passage of time, as in a computer.4. Any of various devices that indicate measurement, such as a speedometer or a taximeter.5. A biological clock.6. The downy flower head of a dandelion that has gone to seed.v. clocked, clock·ing, clocks v.tr.1. To time, as with a stopwatch: clock a runner.2. To register or record with a mechanical device: clocked the winds at 60 miles per hour.3. Informal To strike or hit (someone) forcefully, especially in the face.v.intr.1. To record working hours with a time clock: clocks in at 8:00 and out at 4:00.2. To be measured or registered, especially at a certain speed or rate. Often used with in: a fastball that clocks in at 95 miles per hour.Phrasal Verb: clock up Chiefly British Slang To accumulate; rack up: clocked up a number of wins.Idioms: around/round the clock Throughout the entire 24 hours of the day; continuously. clean (someone's) clock Slang To beat or defeat decisively: "Immense linemen declared their intentions to clean the clocks of opposing players" (Russell Baker). kill/run down/run out the clock Sports To preserve a lead by maintaining possession of the ball or puck until playing time expires.
[Middle English clokke, from Old North French cloque, bell, or from Middle Dutch clocke, bell, clock, both from Medieval Latin clocca, of imitative origin.]
clock′er n.
clock 2 C0413100 (klŏk)n. An embroidered or woven decoration on the side of a stocking or sock.
[Perhaps from clock, bell (obsolete), from its original bell-shaped appearance.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  clocks - European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for foragealfilaria, alfileria, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbillheron's bill, storksbill - any of various plants of the genus Erodium |
TranslationsIdiomsSeeclockClocks
ClocksBig Benbell of Houses of Parliament clock in London keeps Britons punctual. [Br. Culture: Misc.]Nuremberg Eggfirst watch; created by Peter Henlein (1502). [Ger. Hist.: Gran, 223]Strasbourg cathedral clockfamous clock in Strasbourg Cathedral. [Fr. Culture: NCE, 581]clocks
Synonyms for clocksnoun European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight upSynonyms- alfilaria
- alfileria
- Erodium cicutarium
- filaree
- filaria
- pin clover
- pin grass
- redstem storksbill
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