CLOCK
/klɒk/
13
Scrabble
16
WWF
C(3) L(1) O(1) C(3) K(5)
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Definition
/klɒk/
noun
- An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.
- The odometer of a motor vehicle.“This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock.”
- An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
- The seed head of a dandelion.
- A time clock.“I can't go off to lunch yet: I'm still on the clock.”
verb
- To measure the duration of.
- To measure the speed of.“He was clocked at 155 miles per hour.”
- To hit (someone) heavily.“When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him.”
- To take notice of; to realise; to recognize someone or something“A trans person may be able to easily clock other trans people.”
- To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.“I don't believe that car has done only 40,000 miles. It's been clocked.”
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: CLOCK-S
