Below, we have different definitions or meanings of the word clock. These different definitions are grouped based on the different parts of speech. You will also find examples for every definition if available
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
UK: /klɒk/
US: /klɑk/
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.
A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
Verb: Verbs are action words that describe actions or states.
UK: /klɒk/
US: /klɑk/
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.
To beat a video game.
Have you clocked that game yet?
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
UK: /klɒk/
US: /klɑk/
A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.
Verb: Verbs are action words that describe actions or states.
UK: /klɒk/
US: /klɑk/
To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
UK: /klɒk/
US: /klɑk/
A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius).
Verb: Verbs are action words that describe actions or states.
UK: /klɒk/
US: /klɑk/
To make the sound of a hen; to cluck.
To hatch.
Synonyms and Antonyms
Synonyms: timepiece, odometer
Synonyms: check out, scope out, slug, smack, thump, whack, time, turn back (the vehicle's) clock, wind back (the vehicle's) clock