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clock

[ ˈkläk]

clock

noun

[ˈkläk]

clock

verb

clocked; clocking; clocks

Definition of clock (Entry 2 of 3)

transitive verb

1a : to time with a stopwatch or by an electric timing device

b : to be timed at

2 : to register on a mechanical recording device
//wind velocities were clocked at 80 miles per hour

3 : to hit hard

4 chiefly British : attain, realize —usually used with upjust clocked up a million … paperback sales — Punch

5a : to travel (a distance) over time
//clocks more than 15,000 miles a year on business

b : put in sense 3
//clocking long hours at the office

intransitive verb

1 : to have a specified duration or speed —used with in
//the movie clocked in at just under 3 hours broadly : to have a specified measure or value —used with in
//the meal clocked in at about $15

2 : to register on a time sheet or time clock : punch —used with in, out, on, off
//he clocked in late

Other Words from clock

Verb

clocker noun

Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty

Synonyms: Verb

First Known Use of clock

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1883, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun (2)

1530, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for clock

Noun (1)

Middle English clok, from Middle Dutch clocke bell, clock, from Old French or Medieval Latin; Old French dialect (Picard) cloque bell, from Medieval Latin clocca, of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish clocc bell

Noun (2)

perhaps from clock entry 1

Dictionary Entries near clock

Phrases Related to clock

a race against the clock