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clock

1[klok]
–noun
1. an instrument for measuring and recording time, esp. by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
2. time clock.
3. a meter or other device, as a speedometer or taximeter, for measuring and recording speed, distance covered, or other quantitative functioning.
4. biological clock.
5. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Horologium.
6. Computers. 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.
9. clock in, to begin work, esp. by punching a time clock: She clocked in at 9 on the dot.
10. clock out, to end work, esp. by punching a time clock: He clocked out early yesterday.
11. around the clock,
a. during all 24 hours; ceaselessly.
b. without stopping for rest; tirelessly: working around the clock to stem the epidemic.
12. clean (someone's) clock, to defeat; vanquish.
13. 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.
14. 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; ME clok(ke) < MD clocke bell, clock; akin to OE clucge, OHG glocka (G Glocke), OIr clocc bell; cf. cloak
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clock

  1. tv.
    to earn, score, or total up someone or something. (As if the person or thing gained were being metered or clocked.) : Sam clocked a date with Sally, and is he ever proud!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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" is 1941, originally Australian, probably from earlier slang clock (n.) "face" (1923). O'clock for of the clock is c.1720.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: clock
Pronunciation: 'kläk
Function: noun
: BIOLOGICALCLOCK
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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