clock
/klɑk/ verb C2- To measure the duration of.
- To measure the speed of. · He was clocked at 155 miles per hour.
- To hit (someone) heavily. · When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him.
- To notice; to take notice of (someone or something). · Clock the wheels on that car!
- To recognize; to assess, register.
- To identify (someone) as having some attribute (for example, being trans or gay).
- To expose or attack someone, typically in a targeted and insulting manner. · Did you hear what she said about my outfit? She kind of clocked me.· You clocked, that guy is always running his mouth.
He/she/it clocks · Past clocked · Past participle clocked · -ing form clocking
Verb forms
- Base form
- clock
- He/she/it
- clocks
- Past
- clocked
- Past participle
- clocked
- -ing form
- clocking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- clock down To tick, buzz or become marked to indicate the passage of...
- clock in To begin working time, especially by punching in (enterin...
- clock off to leave work, especially by recording the leaving time o...
- clock on To grow older; to proceed.
- clock onto Synonym of clock on (but used transitively).
- clock out To end work; to officially record a time when one termina...
- clock up To accumulate (an amount of time or experience).
From the library
It was four o’clock when Dantès was placed in this chamber.
At last, about ten o’clock, and just as Dantès began to despair, steps were heard in the corridor, a key turned in the lock, the bolts creaked, the massy oaken door flew open, and a flood of light from two torches pervaded the apartment.
He had hurried back to the house, followed within a few minutes by the police sergeant, who arrived at the scene of the crime a little after twelve o’clock, after taking prompt steps to warn the county authorities that something serious was afoot.
And although the entertainment was fixed for twelve o’clock, an hour previous to that time the balcony was filled with impatient and expectant guests, consisting of the favored part of the crew of the Pharaon, and other personal friends of the bridegroom, the whole of whom had arrayed themselves in their choicest costumes, in order to do greater honor to the occasion.
Other matches
- clock Any device or mechanism that enables time to be... A1
- clock To ornament C2
- clock A large beetle, especially the European dung be... C2
- clock A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking. C2
- clock down To tick, buzz or become marked to indicate the ...
- clock in To begin working time, especially by punching in
- clock off to leave work, especially by recording the leav...
- clock on To grow older
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