clocked Hear it!

Variant of clock¹

clock¹ Definition

clock (kläk)

noun

  1. a device used for measuring and indicating time, usually by means of pointers moving over a dial: clocks, unlike watches, are not meant to be worn or carried about
  2. time clock
  3. a measuring or recording device suggestive of a clock, as a taximeter

Etymology: ME clokke, orig., clock with bells < ML clocca, bell < Celt, as in OIr cloc (> OE clugge, OHG glocka), bell < ? IE base *kel-, to cry out, sound > clamor

transitive verb

  1. to measure the speed or record the time of (a race, runner, motorist, etc.) with a stopwatch or other timing device
  2. to measure (work done, distance covered, etc.) with a registering device
clock¹ Idioms

around the clock

day and night without stopping

Variant of clock²

clock² Definition

clock (kläk)

noun

a woven or embroidered ornament on the side of a sock or stocking, going up from the ankle

Etymology: < ? clock, because of orig. bell shape

Related Forms:

Browse dictionary entries near clocked

  1. clock radio
  2. clock
  3. cloche
  4. clochard
  5. clobber
  6. cloakroom
  7. cloak-and-dagger
  8. cloak
  9. cloacas
  10. cloacal
  1. clocking pulse
  2. clocklike
  3. clockmaker
  4. clockwise
  5. clockwork
  6. clod
  7. cloddish
  8. cloddishly
  9. cloddishness
  10. cloddy