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Definition of 'CLock'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) clock
an instrument, normally larger than a watch, for measuring and recording time, usu. with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute.

2.  clock
a meter for measuring and recording speed, distance covered, etc.

3. (v.t.) clock
to time, test, or determine by means of a clock or watch:
The racehorse was clocked at two minutes flat.

4. (v.i.) clock
clock in (or out), to begin (or end) the day's work, esp. by punching a time clock.

5.  clock
for the entire 24-hour day without pause.

6.  clock
without stopping for rest; tirelessly.

7. (n.) clock
an embroidered or woven design on the side of a sock or stocking at the ankle or leg.

Etymology: (1520–30; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'CLock'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) clock
a timepiece that shows the time of day

2. (verb) clock, time
measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
"he clocked the runners"

Definition of 'CLock'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) clock
a device for telling time
the church/kitchen clock; a digital clock

2.  clock
turn/put the clock back
to make the time on a clock earlier

3.  clock
turn/put the clock forward
to make the time on a clock later

4.  clock
around the clock
all day and all night
to work around the clock

Definition of 'CLock'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) CLock
a machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person

2. (noun) CLock
a watch, esp. one that strikes

3. (noun) CLock
the striking of a clock

4. (noun) CLock
a figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking

5. (noun) CLock
a large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius)

6. CLock
to call, as a hen. See Cluck

7. (verb) CLock
to ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking

Definitions of 'CLock'

The Roycroft Dictionary

CLock
1. A telltale; a gossip; a blab.

2. A chink through which the Greta Secret leaks.

3. The Big Ben of eternity.

Definitions of 'CLock'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. CLock
n.,v.

1. [techspeak] The master oscillator that steps a CPU or other digital circuit through its paces. This has nothing to do with the time of day, although the software counter that keeps track of the latter may be derived from the former.

2. vt. To run a CPU or other digital circuit at a particular rate. “If you clock it at 1000MHz, it gets warm.”. See overclock.

3. vt. To force a digital circuit from one state to the next by applying a single clock pulse. “The data must be stable 10ns before you clock the latch.”

Translation of 'CLock'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an instrument for measuring time, but not worn on the wrist like a watch We have five clocks in our house; an alarm clock (= a clock with a ringing device for waking one up in the morning).
Afrikaans: horlosie	Arabic: ساعَه كَبيرَه، ساعَة حاءِ	Bulgarian: часовник
Brazilian: relógio	Czech: hodiny	German: die Uhr
Danish: ur	Greek: ρολόι	Spanish: reloj
Estonian: kell	Farsi: ساعت دیواری یا طاقچه ای	Finnish: kello
French: horloge	Hebrew: שָעוֹן	Hindi: घड़ी
Croatian: sat	Hungarian: óra (fali-, álló-)	Indonesian: jam
Icelandic: klukka	Italian: orologio	Japanese: 時計
Korean: 시계	Lithuanian: laikrodis	Latvian: modinātājpulkstenis
Malay: jam	Dutch: klok	Norwegian: klokke, ur
Polish: zegar	Persian: ساعت دیواری یا طاقچه ای	Pashto: میزی یا دیواری ساعت
Portuguese: relógio	Romanian: ceas(ornic)	Russian: часы; будильник
Slovak: hodiny	Slovenian: (stenska, namizna) ura	Serbian: sat
Swedish: klocka, ur	Thai: นาฬิกา	Turkish: saat
Taiwanese: (時)鐘	Ukrainian: годинник	Urdu: گھڑی ، گھڑیال
Vietnamese: đồng hồ	Chinese: （时）钟
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