clock tick

clock¹

(klŏk)

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.

clock²

(klŏk)

An embroidered or woven decoration on the side of a stocking or sock.

[Perhaps from clock, bell (obsolete), from its original bell-shaped appearance.]

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clock

(klɒk)

1. (Horology) a timepiece, usually free-standing, hanging, or built into a tower, having mechanically or electrically driven pointers that move constantly over a dial showing the numbers of the hours. Compare digital clock, watch⁷

2. any clocklike device for recording or measuring, such as a taximeter or pressure gauge

3. (Botany) the downy head of a dandelion that has gone to seed

4. (Electronics) an electrical circuit that generates pulses at a predetermined rate

5. (Computer Science) computing an electronic pulse generator that transmits streams of regular pulses to which various parts of the computer and its operations are synchronized

6. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) short for time clock

7. around the clock round the clock all day and all night

9. Brit a slang word for face

10. under pressure, as to meet a deadline

11. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (in certain sports, such as show jumping) timed by a stop clock: the last round will be against the clock.

12. (Athletics (Track & Field)) (in certain sports, such as show jumping) timed by a stop clock: the last round will be against the clock.

13. put the clock back to regress

14. (tr) slang Brit and Austral and NZ to strike, esp on the face or head

15. (tr) slang Brit to see or notice

16. (tr) to record (time) as with a stopwatch, esp in the calculation of speed

17. (Electronics) electronics to feed a clock pulse to (a digital device) in order to cause it to switch to a new state

[C14: from Middle Dutch clocke clock, from Medieval Latin clocca bell, ultimately of Celtic origin]

ˈclocker n

ˈclockˌlike adj

clock

(klɒk)

(Knitting & Sewing) an ornamental design either woven in or embroidered on the side of a stocking

[C16: from Middle Dutch clocke, from Medieval Latin clocca bell]

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clock¹

(klɒk)

1. an instrument, normally larger than a watch, for measuring and recording time, usu. with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute.

3. a meter for measuring and recording speed, distance covered, etc.

v.t.

5. to time, test, or determine by means of a clock or watch: The racehorse was clocked at two minutes flat.

6. Slang. to strike sharply or heavily: clocked him in the face.

v.i.

7. clock in (or out), to begin (or end) the day's work, esp. by punching a time clock.

Idioms:

around the clock,

a. for the entire 24-hour day without pause.

b. without stopping for rest; tirelessly.

[1350–1400; Middle English clok(ke) < Middle Dutch clocke bell, clock; akin to Old English clucge, Old High German glocka, Old Irish clocc bell; compare cloak]

clock′er, n.

clock²

(klɒk)

an embroidered or woven design on the side of a sock or stocking at the ankle or leg.

[1520–30; orig. uncertain]

clock

Past participle: clocked
Gerund: clocking

Imperative
clock
clock

Present
I clock
you clock
he/she/it clocks
we clock
you clock
they clock

Preterite
I clocked
you clocked
he/she/it clocked
we clocked
you clocked
they clocked

Present Continuous
I am clocking
you are clocking
he/she/it is clocking
we are clocking
you are clocking
they are clocking

Present Perfect
I have clocked
you have clocked
he/she/it has clocked
we have clocked
you have clocked
they have clocked

Past Continuous
I was clocking
you were clocking
he/she/it was clocking
we were clocking
you were clocking
they were clocking

Past Perfect
I had clocked
you had clocked
he/she/it had clocked
we had clocked
you had clocked
they had clocked

Future
I will clock
you will clock
he/she/it will clock
we will clock
you will clock
they will clock

Future Perfect
I will have clocked
you will have clocked
he/she/it will have clocked
we will have clocked
you will have clocked
they will have clocked

Future Continuous
I will be clocking
you will be clocking
he/she/it will be clocking
we will be clocking
you will be clocking
they will be clocking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been clocking
you have been clocking
he/she/it has been clocking
we have been clocking
you have been clocking
they have been clocking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been clocking
you will have been clocking
he/she/it will have been clocking
we will have been clocking
you will have been clocking
they will have been clocking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been clocking
you had been clocking
he/she/it had been clocking
we had been clocking
you had been clocking
they had been clocking

Conditional
I would clock
you would clock
he/she/it would clock
we would clock
you would clock
they would clock

Past Conditional
I would have clocked
you would have clocked
he/she/it would have clocked
we would have clocked
you would have clocked
they would have clocked

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Translations

سَاعَة حائِطساعَة لِقِياس السُّرْعَه أو المَسافَهساعَه كَبيرَه، ساعَة حاءِطيَقيس الوَقْت

часовник

hodinystopnouttachoměr

urfartmålerspeedometer

kell

ساعت

kellokoristemittari

sat

órastopper

jam

klukkamælirtaka tímannúr

時計

시계

horologium

kaip sviestu pateptakiaurą parąlaikrodislaikrodžio mechanizmasmatuoti laiką

pulkstenisspidometrsatzīmēt laikuhronometrētmodinātājpulkstenis

ceas

ura

klockaur

นาฬิกา

saatsaat tutmakkilometre saati

đồng hồ

clock

[klɒk]

B. VT

2. (Brit) (= hit) he clocked him one → le dio un bofetón

C. CPD clock radio N → radio-despertador m
clock repairer N → relojero/a m/f
clock tower N → torre f de reloj
clock watcher N persona que mira mucho el reloj ansiando abandonar el trabajo

clock up VT + ADV (Aut) → hacer
he clocked up 250 miles (Aut) → hizo 250 millas

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clock

[ˈklɒk] n

(British) (= milometer) 30,000 miles on the clock → 30 000 milles au compteur

clock in

clock on vi (British) → pointer (en arrivant)

clock off

clock out vi (British) → pointer (en partant)

clock up

vt fus [+ miles, hours] → faireclock card n → carte f de pointageclock face n → cadran mclock golf n → jeu m de l'horlogeclock-radio [ˌklɒkˈreɪdɪəʊ] n → radio-réveil mclock tower clock-tower n → clocher m

clock

(inf: = speedometer, milometer) → Tacho m (inf); (of taxi) → Uhr f; it’s got 100,000 miles on the clock → es hat einen Tachostand von 100.000 Meilen

(inf: = hit) he clocked him one → er hat ihm eine runtergehauen (inf)

(Brit inf: = see) → sehen

clock

in cpds → Uhr(en)-;

clock golf

n → Uhrengolf nt

clock radio

n → Radiouhr f

clock tower

n → Uhrenturm m

clock-watching

n → Auf-die-Uhr-Schauen nt

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clock

(klok) noun

1. an instrument for measuring time, but not worn on the wrist like a watch. We have five clocks in our house; an alarm clock (= a clock with a ringing device for waking one up in the morning).

2. an instrument for measuring speed of a vehicle or distance travelled by a vehicle. My car has 120,000 miles on the clock.

verb

to register (a time) on a stopwatch etc.

ˈclockwise adverb

in the direction of the movement of the hands of a clock. The children moved clockwise round the room, then anticlockwise.

ˈclockwork noun

machinery similar to that of a clock. a toy which works by clockwork.

clock in/out/on/off

to register or record time of arriving at or leaving work.

clock up

to reach a total of. I've clocked up eight thousand miles this year in my car.

like clockwork

very smoothly and without faults. Everything went like clockwork.

round the clock

the whole day and the whole night. to work round the clock.

clock

→ سَاعَة حائِط hodiny ur Uhr ρολόι reloj, reloj de pared kello horloge sat orologio 時計 시계 klok klokke zegar relógio часы klocka นาฬิกา saat đồng hồ 时钟

clock

n. reloj;

around the ___ → durante las veinticuatro horas, de día y de noche.

It's two o'clock

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