View synonyms for around-the-clock

around-the-clock

[ uh-round-thuh-klok ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

continuing without pause or interruption:
an around-the-clock guard on the prisoner.

First recorded in 1940–45

While the convenience store is open around-the-clock, the restaurant is not.

Police, however, are keeping tabs on the property with around-the-clock surveillance.

But, the family says, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) helped them find a doctor who was able to give their child around-the-clock care.

My best friend is a C-4/C-5 quadriplegic who depends on around-the-clock care.

When the two began dating in 2005, Winehouse was hardly the rock-around-the-clock femme fatale she would later become.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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