Definition/Meaning of clock

• English - Noun: clock (countable and uncountable, plural clocks) (countable, uncountable) Any device or mechanism that enables time to be measure d or regulate d. Radioactive decay acts as a geological clock , revealing the age of the rock. A sundial is a type of clock that measures time through the movement of the sun's shadow. (countable, uncountable) Any device or mechanism that enables time to be measure d…
• English - Verb: clock (third-person singular simple present clocks, present participle clocking, simple past and past participle clocked) (transitive) To measure the duration of. (transitive) To measure the speed of. He was clocked at 155 miles per hour. 1996, Jon Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers, Sydney: Ironbark, page 186: Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat. (slang, transitive) To hit (someone)…
• English - External links: Time on Wikipedia . Wikipedia:Time
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. First use appears c. 1370. From Middle English clokke , clok, cloke (“ cloc k”), from Middle Dutch clocke (“bell, clock”), from Old Dutch *klokka, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell, clock, cloak ”), probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch (“bell”), Old Irish cloc (“bell, clock”)), either onomatopoeic or from Proto-Indo-European *klek- (“to…
• English - Pronunciation: (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /klɒk/ (General American) IPA: /klɑk/ IPA: [kl̥ɒχ] Rhymes: -ɒk