clock
Noun:
- A timepiece that shows the time of day: A device, often with a numbered dial and moving hands or a digital display, used for measuring and indicating the current time.
Verb:
- To measure the time or duration of an event or action: To record the time taken for something to happen, especially in a race or sporting event.
- To achieve a particular time or speed: To register or be timed at a specific speed or duration.
Noun:
- The old clock on the wall chimed every hour.
- She glanced at the clock to see if it was time to leave.
Verb:
- The official will clock each runner as they cross the finish line.
- He clocked an impressive 4 minutes and 30 seconds for the mile run.
"To work against the clock": To work very fast because there is a limited amount of time to finish something.
- We are working against the clock to complete the project before the deadline.
"To turn/put the clock back": To return to a situation or a set of conditions that existed in the past, often seen as undesirable or impossible.
- We cannot turn the clock back to the days before the internet.
"To clock in/out (or on/off)": To record the time you arrive at or leave work, especially by using a special machine.
- Employees must clock in by 9 AM.
O'clock (adv): Used after a number from one to twelve to indicate the hour when telling time.
- The meeting is at three o'clock.
Clockwise (adj/adv): Moving in the same direction as the hands of a clock.
- Turn the knob clockwise to tighten it.
Counterclockwise/Anticlockwise (adj/adv): Moving in the opposite direction to the hands of a clock.
- Unscrew the lid by turning it counterclockwise.
- Noun: Timepiece, timekeeper, chronometer.
- Verb: Time, measure, record.
Clock up: To reach a particular number or amount, often over time.
- The veteran pilot has clocked up thousands of flying hours.
Clock on/off: Another form of "clock in/out."
- What time did you clock off yesterday?
Around the clock / Round the clock: All day and all night without stopping.
- Doctors worked around the clock to help the victims of the earthquake.
Run down the clock (or kill the clock): In sports, to use up time deliberately near the end of a game to protect a lead.
- The team is just running down the clock to secure their victory.
Like clockwork: With perfect regularity and precision.
- The event went off like clockwork, with no delays.
- a timepiece that shows the time of day
- 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