clock Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a timepiece that shows the time of day
  2. verb measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
    time.
    • he clocked the runners

WordNet

Clock noun
Etymology
AS. clucge bell; akin to D. klok clock, bell, G. glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka bell, LL. clocca, cloca (whence F. cloche); al perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. clog bell, clock, W. cloch bell. Cf. Cloak.
Definitions
  1. A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person.
  2. A watcg, esp. one that strikes. Obs. Walton.
  3. The striking of a clock. Obs. Dryden.
  4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking. Swift. ✍ The phrases what o'clock? it is nine o'clock, etc., are contracted from what of the clock? it is nine of the clock, etc.
Clock transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.
Clock transitive verb & intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To call, as a hen. See Cluck. R.
Clock noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabæus stercorarius).

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