ALL meanings of clock
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C c - countable noun clock A clock is an instrument, for example in a room or on the outside of a building, that shows what time of day it is. 3
- countable noun clock A time clock in a factory or office is a device that is used to record the hours that people work. Each worker puts a special card into the device when they arrive and leave, and the times are recorded on the card. 3
- countable noun clock In a car, the clock is the instrument that shows the speed of the car or the distance it has travelled. 3
- verb clock To clock a particular time or speed in a race means to reach that time or speed. 3
- verb clock If something or someone is clocked at a particular time or speed, their time or speed is measured at that level. 3
- verb clock If you clock something, you notice or see it. 3
- noun clock 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 3
- noun clock any clocklike device for recording or measuring, such as a taximeter or pressure gauge 3
- noun clock the downy head of a dandelion that has gone to seed 3
- noun clock an electrical circuit that generates pulses at a predetermined rate 3
- noun clock an electronic pulse generator that transmits streams of regular pulses to which various parts of the computer and its operations are synchronized 3
- verb clock to strike, esp on the face or head 3
- verb clock to see or notice 3
- verb clock to record (time) as with a stopwatch, esp in the calculation of speed 3
- verb clock to feed a clock pulse to (a digital device) in order to cause it to switch to a new state 3
- noun clock an ornamental design either woven in or embroidered on the side of a stocking 3
- noun clock a device used for measuring and indicating time, usually by means of pointers moving over a dial: clocks, unlike watches, are not meant to be worn or carried about 3
- noun clock time clock 3
- noun clock a measuring or recording device suggestive of a clock, as a taximeter 3
- verb transitive clock to measure the speed or record the time of (a race, runner, motorist, etc.) with a stopwatch or other timing device 3
- verb transitive clock to measure (work done, distance covered, etc.) with a registering device 3
- noun clock a woven or embroidered ornament on the side of a sock or stocking, going up from the ankle 3
- noun clock A clock is the basic timing signal in a digital system. 3
- noun clock device to measure time 1
- transitive verb clock time: record, measure 1
- transitive verb clock hit sb on the head 1
- noun clock time 1
- noun Definition of clock in Technology (processor) A circuit in a processor that generates a regular sequence of electronic pulses used to synchronise operations of the processor's components. The time between pulses is the cycle time and the number of pulses per second is the clock rate (or frequency). The execution times of instructions on a computer are usually measured by a number of clock cycles rather than seconds. Clock rates for various models of the computer may increase as technology improves, and it is usually the relative times one is interested in when discussing the instruction set. 1
- noun clock A mechanical or electrical device for measuring time, indicating hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds, typically by hands on a round dial or by displayed figures. 1
- noun clock a short embroidered or woven ornament on each side or on the outer side of a sock or stocking, extending from the ankle upward. 1
- verb with object clock to embroider with such an ornament. 1
- idioms clock around the clock, during all 24 hours; ceaselessly. without stopping for rest; tirelessly: working around the clock to stem the epidemic. 1
- idioms clock clean (someone's) clock, to defeat; vanquish. 1
- idioms clock kill the clock, Sports. to use up as much game time as possible when one is winning, as to protect a lead in basketball, ice hockey, or football. Also, run out the clock. 1
- idioms clock stop the clock, to postpone an official or legal deadline by ceasing to count the hours that elapse, as when a new union contract must be agreed upon before an old contract runs out. 1
- noun clock An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece. 0
- noun clock (Britain) The odometer of a motor vehicle. 0
- noun clock (electronics) An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules. 0
- noun clock The seed head of a dandelion. 0
- noun clock A timeclock. 0
- noun clock A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking. 0
- noun clock A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius). 0
- verb clock (Transitive Verb) To measure the duration of. 0
- verb clock (Transitive Verb) To measure the speed of. 0
- verb clock (Transitive Verb) SLA To hit (someone) heavily. 0
- verb clock (Slang) To take notice of; to realise. 0
- verb clock (Slang) (Britain) To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle. 0
- verb clock (Transitive Verb) (New Zealand, slang) To beat a video game. 0
- verb clock (Transitive Verb) INF To recognize someone or something. 0
- verb clock (Transitive Verb) To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work. 0