Image:Big Ben Closeup.jpg|thumb|right|The clock at [Ben|Big Ben.]
English
Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/klÉ’k/, SAMPA|/klQk/
(US): enPR|/kläk, IPA|/klɑk/, SAMPA|/klAk/
audio|en-us-clock.ogg|Audio (US)
Etymology 1
First appeared around 1350–1400, either borrowed from MD. clocke (Dutch klok ‘bell, clock’), from Ger.; or from Northern OF. cloque ‘bell’ (French cloche), from L. clocca. Related to Old English clucge, German Glocke, Swedish klocka, Irish clog, Breton kloc'h.
Noun
en-noun
- An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.
- UK The odometer of a motor vehicle.
#: This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock.
- electronics An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuit|digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
Synonyms
(instrument used to measure or keep track of time): timepiece
(odometer of a motor vehicle): odometer
Derived terms
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a broken clock is right twice a day
alarm clock
atomic clock
biological clock
body clock
carriage clock
case clock
clean one's clock|clean one’s clock
clock generator
clock radio
clock signal
clock-watcher
mid2
clockwise
clockwork
cuckoo clock
dandelion clock
grandfather clock
o'clock|o’clock
on the clock<!-- to be working at a job as opposed to visiting-->
shot clock
time clock
wall clock
water clock
work against the clock
work around the clock also work around the clock|work round the clock
Translations
trans-top|instrument to measure or keep track of time
trreq|Afrikaans
Albanian: orë f
Amharic: የáŒá‹µáŒá‹³ ሰዓት
Arabic: Arab|ساعة IPAchar|(sÄÊ•a) f
trreq|Armenian
Breton: horolaj m, -où p, dihuner m, -ioù p (alarm clock)
Bulgarian: чаÑовник (Äasovnik) m
Catalan: rellotge m
Chinese: é˜, é’Ÿ (zhÅng); 時é˜, 时钟 (shà zhÅng)
Croatian: Äasovnik m
Czech: hodiny f|p
Dutch: klok g|Dutch
Esperanto: horloÄo
Estonian: kell
Finnish: kello
French: horloge f
Georgian: სáƒáƒáƒ—ი (saat‘i)
German: Uhr f
Hausa: à gṓgó
Hebrew: שעון|שָ×עוֹן (sha'on) m
trreq|Hindi
Hungarian: óra
Indonesian: jam
Interlingua: horologio
Irish: clog#Irish|clog g|Irish
Italian: orologio m
Japanese: 時計 (ã¨ã‘ã„, tokei)
trreq|Kannada
Kurdish: demjimêr, demjimêrk, seet g|Kurdish
Lakota: mazaskanskan
trreq|Lao
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Latin: horologium n
Latvian: pulkstenis m
trreq|Lithuanian
Malay: jam#Malay|jam
trreq|Malayalam
Maltese: arloġġ m
trreq|Nepali
Norwegian: klokke g|Norwegian
Ojibwe: diba'igiiziswaan
trreq|Oriya
trreq|Persian
Polish: zegar m
Portuguese: relógio m
Romanian: ceas n
Russian: чаÑÑ‹ (Äasý) p
Scottish Gaelic: uaireadair m
Serbian: Äasovnik m
trreq|Slovak
Slovene: ura f
Somali: saacad weyn
Spanish: reloj m
trreq|Tamil
Telugu: గడియారమà±
Thai: Thai|นาฬิà¸à¸² (naalÃgaa)
trreq|Tibetan
trreq|Urdu
trreq|Vietnamese
Welsh: cloc m
Yiddish: זייגער (zeyger) m
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trans-top|odometer
Dutch: teller m, kilometerteller m
Finnish: mittari
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German: Tacho m, Tachometer
Japanese: èµ°è¡Œè·é›¢è¨ˆ (ãã†ã“ã†ãょりã‘ã„, sÅkÅkyorikei)
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trans-top|electrical signal
Japanese: クãƒãƒƒã‚¯ (kurokku)
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Tagalog: relo, orasan m (1)
Verb
en-verb
- transitive To measure the duration of.
- transitive To measure the speed of.
#: He was clocked at 155 miles per hour.
- context|transitive|slang To hit (someone)
#: When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him.
- slang To take notice of.
#: Clock the wheels on that car!
- context|UK|slang To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
#: I don't believe that car has done only 40,000 miles. It's been clocked.
Quotations
to take notice of
- 2000 -- Naugahide Days: The Lost Island Stories of Thomas Wood Briar by Phil Austin (page 109) 1
#: Bo John and I twisted our heads around as Miranda braked over to the gravelly shoulder, let the Scout wheeze to a stop. She was climbing out, hurrying back to whatever had caught her eye. Bo John leered into the door mirror, clocking her flouncing, leggy strut.
- 2005 -- Cupid Is Stupid by Jr. Aaron Bryant (page 19) 2
#: It is true. Carmen is an official gold digger. In fact, she is an instructor at the school of gold digging. Hood rats have been clocking her style for years. Wanting to pull the players she pulled, and wishing they had the looks she had.
- 2006 -- Dublin Noir: The Celtic Tiger Vs. the Ugly American by Ken Bruen (page 36) 3
#: And he waits till I extend my hand, the two fingers visibly crushed. He clocks them, I say, "Phil."
<!--why is this here? It doesn't have "clock" in it: #:He shakes my hand, careful of the ruined fingers, goes for levity, asks, "Phil, that it, no surname?"-->
Synonyms
(measure the duration of): time
(measure the speed of):
(slang: hit (someone)): slug, smack, thump, whack
(slang: take notice of): check out, scope out
(slang: falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle): turn back (the vehicle's) clock, wind back (the vehicle's) clock
Derived terms
clock in
clock on
clock off
clock out<!-- to use a timeclock indicating one has finished a work shift-->
clock up
Translations
trans-top|measure the duration of
Catalan: cronometrar
Finnish: ottaa aikaa, kellottaa
Interlingua: chronometrar
Italian: cronometrare
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Portuguese: cronometrar
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trans-top|measure the speed of
Catalan: mesurar#Catalan|mesurar la velocitat de
Interlingua: mesurar#Interlingua|mesurar le velocitate de
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Portuguese: medir a velocidade de
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trans-top|slang: hit (someone)
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trans-top|slang: take notice of
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trans-top|slang: falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle
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Etymology 2
Origin uncertain; designs may have originally been bell-shaped and thus related to Etymology 1, above.
Noun
en-noun
- A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.
Quotations
- 2006 - Fashion Source Book by J. Munslow, Kathryn McKelvey? (p.231) 1405126930ÿ46ÿÿ47ÿ
ÿ304ÿ#: "'''Clocks''': These are ornamental designs embroidered or woven on to the ankles of stockings."ÿ208ÿ#: Illustration; ''Ib.'' p.165[http://books.google.com/books?vidISBN1405126930&idOnMZAD3YRu0C&pgRA16-PA165&lpgRA16-PA165&vqclocks&dqheel+clocks+designs&sig=wrPiDHrI7YQFSwJc6LzPoBooL_M
- 2006 - "Calvin Klein E91216 Side Clock Socks Black" (collected from Internet)4
- 2004 - Traditional Scandinavian Knitting by Sheila McGregor? (p.60), pub. Courier Dover5 ISBN 0486433005
#: "Most decoration involved the ankle clocks, and several are shown on p.15 in the form of charts."
- 1897 - Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by William Barnes (p.110), Grammer's Shoes v.2
#: "She'd a gown wi' girt flowers lik' hollyhocks
#: "An zome stockèns o' gramfer's a-knit wi' clocks"
- 1882 - "Iolanthe, or The Peer and the Peri" by W.S. Gilbert - When you're lying awake6
#: "But this you can't stand, so you throw up your hand,
#:: and you find you're as cold as an icicle,
#: In your shirt and your socks (the black silk with gold clocks),
#:: crossing Salisbury Plain on a bicycle"
Translations
trans-top|pattern near heel of a sock or stocking
Finnish: koriste
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See also
pedialite|Time
meter
watch
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