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clock·work    Audio Help   [klok-wurk] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the mechanism of a clock.
2.any mechanism similar to that of a clock.
—Idiom
3.like clockwork, with perfect regularity or precision: The launching of the spacecraft went off like clockwork.
[Origin: 1620–30; clock1 + work]
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clock·work    Audio Help   (klŏk'wûrk')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A mechanism of geared wheels driven by a wound spring, as in a mechanical clock.

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like clockwork

adverb
with regularity and precision; "the rocket launch went off like clockwork" 

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like clockwork
very smoothly and without faults
Example: Everything went like clockwork.
Arabic: سارَت الأُمور مِثل السّاعَه
Chinese (Simplified): 有规律地
Chinese (Traditional): 順利地﹔有規則地；沒有困難地
Czech: jako po másle
Danish: som et urværk
Dutch: gesmeerd
Estonian: nagu õlitatult
Finnish: kuin rasvattu
French: comme sur des roulettes
German: wie am Schnürchen
Greek: (σαν) ρολόι, κανονικά και χωρίς λάθη
Hungarian: (megy) mint a karikacsapás
Icelandic: eins og klukka; jafnt og þétt
Indonesian: mulus
Italian: come un orologio*
Japanese: 正確に
Latvian: precīzi
Lithuanian: sklandžiai, kaip sviestu patepta
Norwegian: (gå) som ei klokke, presis som et urverk
Polish: jak w zegarku
Portuguese (Brazil): perfeitamente
Portuguese (Portugal): à perfeição
Romanian: ceas; ca pe roate
Russian: как по маслу
Slovak: ako hodinky
Slovenian: kot po maslu
Spanish: ir como una seda, ir sobre ruedas
Swedish: som ett urverk, som smort
Turkish: saat gibi (düzenli)
See also: clock, clock in, out/on, off, clock up, clockwise, clockwork, round the clock, "like clockwork" in any language

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