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clean someone's clock

clock
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [klok]
    • /klɒk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [klok]
    • /klɒk/

Definitions of clean someone's clock words

  • noun clean someone's clock an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about. 1
  • noun clean someone's clock time clock. 1
  • noun clean someone's clock a meter or other device, as a speedometer or taximeter, for measuring and recording speed, distance covered, or other quantitative functioning. 1
  • noun clean someone's clock biological clock. 1
  • noun clean someone's clock (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Horologium. 1
  • noun clean someone's clock Computers. the circuit in a digital computer that provides a common reference train of electronic pulses for all other circuits. 1
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Origin of clean someone's clock

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English clok(ke) < Middle Dutch clocke bell, clock; akin to Old English clucge, Old High German glocka (German Glocke), Old Irish clocc bell; cf. cloak

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Parts of speech for Clean someone's clock

noun
adjective
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adverb
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clean someone's clock popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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