clock
 I. clock1 (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. Botany. The downy flower head of a dandelion that has gone to seed.v. clocked, clock·ing, clocksv. 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.v. intr.
To record working hours with a time clock:
clocks in at 8 A.M. and out at 4 P.M.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 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.] clockʹer n. II. clock2 (klŏk)n.
An embroidered or woven decoration on the side of a stocking or sock. [Perhaps from clock1 bell (obsolete), from its original bell-shaped appearance.]
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