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noun
1.
an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
3.
a meter or other device, as a speedometer or taximeter, for measuring and recording speed, distance covered, or other quantitative functioning.
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EXPAND(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Horologium.
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COLLAPSEComputers. the circuit in a digital computer that provides a common reference train of electronic pulses for all other circuits.
verb (used with object)
7.
to time, test, or determine by means of a clock or watch: The racehorse was clocked at two minutes thirty seconds.
8.
Slang. to strike sharply or heavily: Somebody clocked him on the face.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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clock in, to begin work, especially by punching a time clock: She clocked in at 9 on the dot.
10.
Idiomsclock out, to end work, especially by punching a time clock: He clocked out early yesterday.
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around the clock,
a.
during all 24 hours; ceaselessly.
b.
without stopping for rest; tirelessly: working around the clock to stem the epidemic.
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clean (someone's) clock, to defeat; vanquish.
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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.
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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.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English clok(ke) < Middle Dutch clocke bell, clock; akin to Old English clucge, Old High German glocka (German Glocke), Old Irish clocc bell; compare cloak
1350–1400; Middle English clok(ke) < Middle Dutch clocke bell, clock; akin to Old English clucge, Old High German glocka (German Glocke), Old Irish clocc bell; compare cloak
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| clock on or clock in | |
| —vb | |
| (intr, adverb) to arrive at work, esp when it involves registering the time of arrival on a card | |
| clock in or clock in | |
| —vb | |
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Word Origin & History
clock
1371, clokke, orig. "clock with bells," probably from M.Du. klocke, from M.L. (7c.) clocca "bell," from Celt., probably spread by Irish missionaries, ultimately of imitative origin. Replaced O.E. dægmæl, from dæg "day" + mæl "measure, mark." The slang verb sense of "hit, sock"
EXPANDis 1941, originally Australian, probably from earlier slang clock (n.) "face" (1923). O'clock for of the clock is c.1720.
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Idioms & Phrases
clock in
Begin work, as in She clocked in late again. Also, clock out, end work, as in Please wait for me; I forgot to clock out. The allusion here is to punching a time clock, a device that punches the time on a card to record when an employee arrives and departs. [Late 1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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