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clock⋅er

  [klok-er]
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–noun
1. a person who times racehorses during tryouts to determine their speed.
2. an official who times a race.
3. a person who maintains a record of the flow of traffic, as of visitors to a museum.
Origin:
clock 1 + -er 1
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clock 1   (klŏk)   
n.  

  1. An instrument other than a watch for measuring or indicating time, especially a mechanical or electronic device having a numbered dial and moving hands or a digital display.

  2. A time clock.

  3. A source of regularly occurring pulses used to measure the passage of time, as in a computer.

  4. Any of various devices that indicate measurement, such as a speedometer or a taximeter.

  5. A biological clock.

  6. Botany The downy flower head of a dandelion that has gone to seed.

v.   clocked, clock·ing, clocks

v.   tr.

  1. To time, as with a stopwatch: clock a runner.

  2. To register or record with a mechanical device: clocked the winds at 60 miles per hour.

v.   intr.
To record working hours with a time clock: clocks in at 8 A.M. and out at 4 P.M.

[Middle English clokke, from Old North French cloque, bell, or from Middle Dutch clocke, bell, clock, both from Medieval Latin clocca, of imitative origin.]
clock'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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