- a device used for measuring and indicating time, traditionally by means of pointers moving over a dial: clocks, unlike watches, are not meant to be worn or carried about
- time clock
- a measuring or recording device suggestive of a clock, as a taximeter
- biological clock
Origin of clock
Middle English clokke, origin, originally , clock with bells from Medieval Latin clocca, bell from Celt, as in Old Irish cloc (from source Old English clugge, Old High German glocka), bell from uncertain or unknown; perhaps Indo-European base an unverified form kel-, to cry out, sound from source clamor- to measure the speed or record the time of (a race, runner, motorist, etc.) with a stopwatch or other timing device
- to measure (work done, distance covered, etc.) with a registering device
Origin of clock
orig., to punch in the face < n., slang, the human faceInformal to hit or punch (someone) violently
clock Idioms
around the clock
day and night without stopping
clock in (or out)
to record the time of one's arrival (or departure) by means of a time clock
